
Boxcar Poetry Review - Issue 26
Endings and beginnings. Angels and sparrows. Fathers, fields, trains. The bodies of lovers. We close 2010 and open 2011 with
an exceptional array of poems which announce and recall, binding moments and memories together.
This issue features a wonderful conversation between Kara Candito and Kristina Marie Darling, as well as a great interview with Candace Pearson conducted by Lynne Thompson.
Zara Raab also reviews Carrie Shipers' Ordinary Mourning. As we are still waiting to fill our art editor position, this issue's
photography comes from editor Neil Aitken.
We are also pleased to announce our 2010 Pushcart Prize nominees.
Poetry
Melissa Barrett: "Harvest"
Michael Bazzett: "Theft"
Claudia Burbank: "On the Last Train to Gladstone"
Alex Dimitrov: "Lush"
Renee Emerson: "When We Started Trying"
Lucas Howell: "In the Ninth Month of Her Absence He Retraces His Steps"
Keith Montesano: "Beginning with the Fear of Drowning"
Christine Poreba: "Poem of Lost Lines"
Sam Rasnake: "Exile on Main St."
Kory Shrum: "Annunciation"
Julia Klatt Singer: "Sparrows"
Ruth Vanita: "Speech"
Michael Bazzett: "Theft"
Claudia Burbank: "On the Last Train to Gladstone"
Alex Dimitrov: "Lush"
Renee Emerson: "When We Started Trying"
Lucas Howell: "In the Ninth Month of Her Absence He Retraces His Steps"
Keith Montesano: "Beginning with the Fear of Drowning"
Christine Poreba: "Poem of Lost Lines"
Sam Rasnake: "Exile on Main St."
Kory Shrum: "Annunciation"

Ruth Vanita: "Speech"
Artwork
Interviews & Conversations
Poets in Conversation: Kara Candito & Kristina Marie Darling
Interview with Candace Pearson ~ Lynne Thompson
Interview with Candace Pearson ~ Lynne Thompson
Reviews & Responses
2010 Pushcart Nominees
- "Railroad Crossing" by Jon Ballard
- "Gun of Wishes," by Vievee Francis
- "Holy Site" by Sarah Wetzel
- "Eurydice and Orpheus" by Susanna Lamey
- "Offering" by Jacques J. Rancourt
- "The Theory of Moths" by Phillip B. Williams
2010 Oboh Prize Winners
Final Judge: Jon Pineda
1st Place: "Elegy Reserved for Future Use" by Chris Hayes
2nd Place: "Gun of Wishes," by Vievee Francis
3rd Place: "Harvest" by Melissa Barrett