Unstressed

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A weblog from the editors of Linebreak

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.

Beautiful letterpress greeting cards

Having taken a sudden interest in poetry broadsides, I went Googling last night for examples of good broadside design, but found instead these beautiful letterpress greeting cards from Sycamore Street Press. They’re enough to make me want to start my own print shop.

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Greeting cards for the recession

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Advergirl offers a new collection of greeting cards with “sentiments for a broken economy.” I’m the breadwinner in my household, so the card pictured above got me where I live. It’s funny because it’s awkward. I think.

via Heather Ackmann and several others

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