The American Dissident: Literature, Democracy & Dissidence
Front Cover, Issue #24
For the table of contents, see below. The current issue front cover is titled "Apostles of Appropriateness: The Foundation of Latter-Day Poets" and features corpse-representations of Poetry magazine and Poetry Foundation personnel (from left to right) Don Share, Senior Editor; Christian Wiman, Editor; John Barr, Foundation CEO; Lindsay Garbutt, Editorial Assistant; Valerie Jean Johnson, Managing Editor, and Fred Sasaki, Associate Editor. The watercolor is Plate #47 in the "Democracy" series. Instead of Jesus, Walt Whitman is featured.
Table of Contents, Issue #24
Editorial 4-6
Jay DeVaughn (Inmate#36821-013, FCI, Big Spring, TX) 7
Tim Bearly (Sandpoint, ID) 8-10
The Case against Zhu—Russell Streur (Johns Creek, GA) 11-16
Doug Draime (Ashland, OR) 14-16
Alan Garvey (Carlow, Ireland) 17
Why Poetry Doesn’t Matter—The Editor 18-19
David Pointer (Murfreesboro, TN) 20
roibeárd Uí-neíll (Corydon, IN ) 21-22
The Rabbit-Brained Right & the Loony Left—Lorna Salzman 23-25
George Capaccio (Arlington, MA) 26
Criticism… Rejected—BB Smith (Ossining NY) 27-29
Michael Solem (Feasterville, PA) 30-31
Frogs, Scorpions, and Turkey Wings—Rick Ferris (Akron, OH) 32-34
Notes from the Censored—Lorna Salzman 35-37
Vigorous Debate—The Editor 38-40
Notes from the Golden Years—Ed Galing (Hatboro, PA) 41-42
Literary Letters for the Public Record 43-56