Able Muse Winter 2019 (No. 27 - print edition)

<p>This is the annual <em>Able Muse Review </em>(Print Edition) - Winter 2019 issue Number 27. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry fiction essays art & photography and book reviews that have become synonymous with the<em> Able Muse-</em>online and in print. After more than a decade of online publishing excellence <em>Able Muse</em> print edition maintains the superlative standard of the work presented all these years in the online edition and the <em>Able Muse Anthology</em> (Able Muse Press 2010).</p><p>Includes the tribute to Timothy Murphy special feature and the winning stories and poems from the 2019 Able Muse contest (Able Muse Write Prize) winners and finalists.</p><p><em><strong>. . . </strong></em><strong>[ ABLE MUSE ]</strong><em><strong> fills an important gap in understanding what is really happening in early twenty-first century American poetry.</strong></em><strong></strong>-Dana Gioia.</p><p><strong><em></em>Able Muse<em> is refreshing to read for its selection of poetry that adheres to form . . . a quality magazine offering the reader informed and unexpected views on life.</em>-NewPages.</strong></p><p><strong>CONTENTS:</strong></p><p><em>WITH THE 2019 ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY & FICTION </em>– <br /> Includes the winning story and poems from the contest winners and finalists</p> <p><em>EDITORIAL</em> – Alexander Pepple</p><p><em>GUEST EDITORIAL</em><em></em> – Richard Wakefield</p><p><em>FEATURED ART</em> – A <em>Hunt</em> Theme</p><p><em>TRIBUTE TO TIMOTHY MURPHY FEATURE:</em></p><blockquote> <p><span style=font-style:italic; font-variant:small-caps>Tribute GUEST-EDITOR:</span> Richard Wakefield</p> <p><span style=font-style:italic; font-variant:small-caps> Tribute Poetry</span>: A.E. Stallings Timothy Steele Rhina P. Espaillat John Ridland Amit Majmudar Wendy Videlock Bruce Bennett Len Krisak Catherine Chandler Terese Coe Mary Meriam Andrew Frisardi Richard Meyer John Beaton</p> <p><span style=font-style:italic; font-variant:small-caps>Tribute Essay</span>: Dana Gioia</p></blockquote><p><em>FICTION</em> – Erin Russell</p><p><em>ESSAYS</em> – Edward Lee Tony Whedon</p><p><em>BOOK REVIEWS</em> – Brooke Clark Travis Biddick</p><p><em>POETRY</em> – Hailey Leithauser John Philip Drury Len Krisak James Matthew Wilson Suzanne Noguere Alfred Nicol Katie Hartsock David MacRae Landon Amy Bagan Barry Abrams Miriam O'Neal Beth Paulson Daniel Galef</p><p> </p>