We regret that our summer poetry issue (200 poetry-packed pages!) will be out a little later than usual, due to an unexpected malfunction at the printer. As a result, the issue is still a few weeks away from arriving on the newsstand or in your mailbox, but believe us, it will be worth waiting for! Check out our cover. And here is a list of contributors to whet your appetite:
By Zachary Alapi
A Review of J.R. Helton’s Bad Jobs and Poor Decisions
J.R. Helton’s Bad Jobs and Poor Decisions (Liverlight 2018) accomplishes a unique feat: the weaving of social universality and cultural specificity. For Helton, that means a raw exploration of class, the most pressing and relevant issue we face, couched in the sounds and sights of 1980s Austin — the music, the drugs, the hustlers, and the grandiosity and pomp that only a state like Texas, in all its carnivalesque glory, can render both thrilling and morbid. As readers follow Jake Stewart, a burgeoning artist bent as much on self-destruction as producing great writing or visual art, as he navigates the bloated landscape of Ronald Reagan’s America. An undertone of paranoia and stasis infuses this wry and dark book with urgency and energy that even readers disconnected from the setting and era can feel.
Look for poems from Danielle Hubbard in our Summer 2018 Poetry Issue
In order to accommodate staff holidays and address the large increase in submissions that has been generated by Submittable, The Fiddlehead will be closed to submissions effective July 15 and will reopen in September.
This reading will take place at the Abbey Café in downtown Fredericton and feature Curtis Leblanc, Amber McMillan, Nathaniel G. Moore, Chris Bailey, Jenna Lyn Albert, and Mallory Tater. Plus it will feature an open mic — sign up at the beginning of the reading!
