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The regulars

Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.

Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.

Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.

Sweet Charity

By Johnathon Williams on Dec 16, 2009

Lately I’ve been looking for poems of charity and gratitude — maybe because I feel so little of either this time of year. This recording of “Sweet Charity” by John Clellon Holmes is my favorite so far. (Holmes’s books of poetry are sadly out of print, though a few of his novels remain.) The poem was read by Donald S. Hays last year at the anniversary celebration for the Arkansas MFA Program in Creative Writing.

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BY David W. Sanders on Dec 17 2009 (#1)

I’m sorry to hear that Night Music is out of print. I took the cover shots for his books of essays and for Night Music. JCH was the reason I came to Arkansas back in the day. He was one of the sweetest men I’ve ever known. Skip did that poem justice. Thanks for bringing it to the world.

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