Life and Legends – Fourth Edition: The Essence of Warriorship.
Published: Tuesday, June 30th 2016.
Irvine, CA, USA.
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Editor in-Chief
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Associate Editor
Robbi Nester
Editor Intern
Vishwa Chitnis
Cover Art:
Paula Dawn Lietz
EDITORIAL
The Essence of Warriorship
SPECIAL FEATURES
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
Existential Crisis and Cultural Diplomacy, by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
INTERVIEW
Dignity of a Human Voice: An Interview With Robert Pinsky, by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis.
POETRY
Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Lana Bella
Lavina Blossom
Carl Boon
Yuan Changming
Barbara Crooker
Marc J. Frazier
Greg Hill
Steffen Horstmann
Luisa A. Igloria
Adele Kenny
Judy Kronenfeld
Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Dan Leach
Paul Lojeski
Dennis Maloney
Silva Zanoyan Merjanian
Richard Nester
Joseph O’Brien
Amit Parmessur
Simon Perchik
Carolyn Raphael
Jennifer Reeser
Margret Saine
Gerard Sarnat
Carol Stone
Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad
Mark Trechock
Adam Middleton Watts
DEBUT
Lorraine Gow
TRANSLATIONS
Mohamed Elramady – Poetry (inspired by Mahmoud Darwish’s Poem “The Mural”)
Translated from original Arabic into English by Nizar Sartawi – Egypt/Jordan/Palestine
Gemma Gorga – Poetry
Translated from original Catalan into English by Sharon Dolin – Spain/USA
E. San Juan Jr. – Poetry
Translated from original Filipino into English by E. San Juan Jr.- Philippine/USA
Ivonne Gordon – Poetry
Translated from original Spanish into English by Cindy Rinne – Ecuador/USA
Cherokee Shaman’s Formulas – Poetry
Translated from original Cherokee into English by Jennifer Reeser – USA/USA
POETRY INSPIRED BY CINEMA
Jesse White
ART INSPIRED BY POETRY
Robbi Nester and Ira Joel Haber
EKPHRASTIC POEMS
Sonia Greenfield
Paula D. Lietz
VIDEO
I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast – Poetry Film
SOUND
For Adelle – A Tribute by Jack Foley.
SHORT STORY
Stalin’s Daughter – By Jenya Krein.
Translated from original Russian into English by Terry Myers.
Winter on Ganymede – By Ryan Morris
BOOK REVIEW
Blackbirds in September