Cold Mountain Review, a literary journal housed in the
Department of English at Appalachian State University, has released
its fall 2008 issue.
The current issue of CMR includes poems by Ricardo Pau-Llosa,
Eugene Gloria, Susan Rich, Frederick Smock, Bruce Snider, and
other notable contributors. The issue also presents a short story
by Drue Heinz Literature Prize-winning author John Blair and a
gripping piece of creative nonfiction by Glen Retief that touches
on Al Qaeda, activism and Interpol while exploring the nuances
of an amorous relationship.
The fall issue also includes work from, or inspired by, India,
South Africa, Japan and France. The diverse contents are personal
works that explore universal themes.
The CMR cover features a color photograph by Boone photographer
Richard Rapfogel. The former psychologist has had winning images
in the Banff International Photo Competition, the Photo Review
International Photography Competition, the Appalachian Mountain
Photography Competition and the ASiA Competition. His work has
also been represented in the Photographer’s Forum Best of
Photography Annual and numerous other publications.
The issue also includes the photo essay “Born Behind Bars.”
This documentary work by Caroline Bennett, an Ecuador-based photographer,
illuminates the lives of women who are raising their children
within the high-security confines of Santa Martha Acatitla prison
in Mexico.
CMR staff members are editor-in-chief Leigh Ann Henion, managing
editor Betty Conway, and assistant editors Ian Burkett and Rachel
Goldfarb.
Since its first issue more 35 years ago, CMR has published some
of the most accomplished writers in the nation, among them Robert
Morgan, Sydney Lea, Lyn Lifshin, Houston Baker, Fred Chappell,
R. T. Smith and Susan Ludvigson.
Copies of the fall issue of Cold Mountain Review are available
at Black Bear Books in Boone and the University Bookstore on the
Appalachian campus. Copies also are available by contacting Betty
Miller Conway at conwaybm@appstate.edu. The journal also is available
by subscription. For more information, visit www.coldmountain.appstate.edu.
Get Firefox