Able Muse, Winter 2024/25 (No. 32 - print edition)

This is the annual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2024/2025 issue, Number 32. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with the Able Muse-online and in print. After more than a decade of online publishing excellence, Able Muse print edition maintains the superlative standard of the work presented all these years in the online edition, and, the Able Muse Anthology (Able Muse Press, 2010).

Includes the winning stories and poems from the 2024 Able Muse contest (Able Muse Write Prize) winners and finalists.

". . . [ ABLE MUSE ] fills an important gap in understanding what is really happening in early twenty-first century American poetry."-Dana Gioia.

"Able Muse is refreshing to read for its selection of poetry that adheres to form . . . a quality magazine offering the reader informed and unexpected views on life."-NewPages.

CONTENTS:

WITH THE 2024 ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY & FICTION - Includes the winning story and poems from the contest winners and finalists

EDITORIAL - Alexander Pepple

FEATURED ART - A Reflection Theme

TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH HARRISON FEATURE:

Tribute GUEST-EDITOR: Stephen Kampa

Tribute Poetry: Joseph Harrison, Andrew Motion, Jennifer Keith

Tribute Essays: Stephen Kampa, Philip Hoy, Joe Osterhaus, Ned Balbo

FICTION - Rob Wright

ESSAY - J. Eric Miller

BOOK REVIEWS - Rachel Hadas, Alexander Pepple

POETRY - Rebekah Wolman, Joshua Coben, Ben Corvo, Susan McLean, Stephen Gibson, Bruce Bennett, Elijah Perseus Blumov, Catherine Chandler, Adam Tavel, Julia B. Griffin, John Glowney, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Stephen Gibson