The Trembling Arms of Book Contests

Rattle e.5 released in late September 2008, previewing Rattle‘s Tribute to Cowboy & Western Poets (#30). The e-issue includes two book features, with excerpts from Carol V. Davis’s Into the Arms of Pushkin and David James’ Trembling in Someone’s Palm, and a must-read essay by David Alpaugh: “What’s Really Wrong with Poetry Book Contests.” Autumn pastels throughout by Lois Gold.