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Paul Christian Stevens was born in England but lives in Australia with his wife and numerous children, dogs and citrus trees. He has an Honours degree in English and teaches literature. He edits The Chimaera with Peter Bloxsom, and he is widely published online and in print, most recently or imminently in Shakespeare's Monkey Revue, Bumbershoot, Snakeskin, Lucid Rhythms, Lighten Up, Soundzine, qarrtsiluni, Umbrella and Mannequin Envy.

Jared Carter’s New Book

Cross this Bridge at a Walk, is now avail­able from Wind Pub­li­ca­tions in Kentucky.

Cross this Bridge at a Walk

Its six­teen nar­ra­tive poems recount inci­dents in America’s his­tory from the Rev­o­lu­tion to the present, with cameo appear­ances by Mother Ann Lee, Emily Dick­in­son, Scott Joplin, and Bix Beiderbecke.

To read sam­ple poems from the book, go to “Coxey’s Army,” “Spirea,” or “Jesus Walk­ing on the Water.”

Alfred Dorn’s Lat­est Book

Alfred Dorn

We offer to any­one who con­tributes $20 or more to The For­mal­ist Por­tal a free hard copy of Alfred Dorn’s lat­est book, Vis­its and Vis­tas, signed by the author. This book is a lim­ited edi­tion of 50 signed and num­bered copies, and only 20 of them remain avail­able. They will be given to con­trib­u­tors on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies of Alfred Dorn’s ear­lier books are offered by on-line book­sellers for prices as high as $175, and signed copies of his books are very scarce. Don’t delay!