PAST
ISSUES
January
2001
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We are thrilled to welcome you to the fourth issue of our first year of publication. Producing these four issues, we've traversed a learning curve with lots of ups and downs, but it's also been satisfying to see Facets take shape. Since we published our first issue on January 15, 2001, we've seen the number of new visitors a day increase threefold, including visitors from Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East. The quantity and quality of submissions is also very heartening.
However, while we celebrate our first year of publication, we are mindful of the awesome affect of the terrorist attacks of September 11th on all our lives. We do not believe that these events are peripheral to the concerns of literature. Since it may be in the very nature of language to capture what is transitory, in a deep sense literature may always deal with loss--whether it's lost childhood, lost love, or lost life. We posted two remarkable poems about September 11th on our preview page ("Executive Order" and "Skydiver"), include some more pieces here, and invite submissions on this subject. As one of the poets in this issue insists, writing is grieving (see http://www.pageonelit.com/Tragedy/JBuck.html ).
In Issue No. 4, several excellent writers return to these pages: Janet Buck, Marion Cohen, Robert Klein Engler, Ward Kelley, Daniel Sumrall, Kelley White, and James Whitley. We are also publishing two writers for the first time, Gopakumar Devanarayanan ("Few Sensible Things") and Shelley Ettinger, whose stunning poem, "Skydiver," was featured on our preview page.
Please visit the site again for previews of Volume II, Issue No. 1! Thank you.
Anne M. Hudson and William Routhier
October 23, 2001