The world of poetry has lost Rane Ramon Arroyo (November 15, 1954 to May 7, 2010), a brilliant poet and playwright and one of poetry's kindest humans. This issue of Ekleksographia has three of his last poems, a bitter/sweet breath to take.
Poetry from Boston
| Lawrence Kessenich | Donald Wellman |
| Eliza Kane | Kathleen Spivack |
| Doug Holder | Judy Katz-Levine |
| Bert Stern | Valerie Lawson |
Poetry from Other Quarters
| Rane Arroyo | Jacqueline Marcus |
| Eric Elshtain | Eileen R. Tabios |
| Patrick Vogelpohl | Geoffrey Gatza |
| Scott Howard, with drawings/assemblage by Ginger Knowlton | |
Boston Memoirs
Perry Glasser, with paintings by Diane Ayott
Boston Flash Fiction
| Justin Porter Stephens | Eliza Kane |
| Mike Young |
Essays from Other Quarters
Artwork
| Diane Ayott | Ginger Knowlton |
| Liz Sweibel |
Submissions
Ekleksographia is an exercise in asymmetrical publishing, and is a shoe (or even two!) thrown at the spotlit shrug and yawn.
Editor
This issue is edited by Rich Murphy.
Rich Murphy has taught writing and literature for 24 years at Bradford College, Emmanuel College and now at Virginia Commonwealth University. His second collection of poems titled, Voyeur, was the 2008 Gival Press Poetry Award winner. Other credits include a book of poems The Apple in the Monkey Tree; chapbooks Great Grandfather, Phoems for Mobile Vices, Family Secret, and Hunting and Pecking; poems in hundreds of journals; and essays in refereed journals, including Reconfigurations: A Journal for Poetics Poetry / Literature and Culture and Journal of Ecocriticism.
Cover Art
The video to the left is "Untitled (Cling Wrap)" by Liz Sweibel.
Liz Sweibel is an artist working in multiple mediums who lives and works in New York City. Her digital photographs are also included in this issue. You can see and learn more about her work at www.LizSweibel.com.
Rich Murphy would like to thank Bonnie Martin. Without her financial help, this issue would not have been possible.