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As a wise man once wrote, winter never fails to turn into spring.* Especially for those of us in the Northeast, with a bitterly cold winter behind us, this truism is poignant. After such a winter, summer is especially glorious.
In this issue, we also welcome the glorious return of several writers who have appeared here before. In fiction, we feature two more chapters of Kitty Beer's novel, What Love Can't Do, the first two chapters of which appeared in January 2002 and July 2003. Literature often inspires and teaches, but at other times it warns, and this is the case here. Beer's prophetic look at the future seems not only eerily plausible but entirely possible. Her characters, amid rising environmental havoc and resulting social confusion, still search for things of value, striving to retain their humanity in the face of its opposite.
Returning to the poetry roster with new work are Janet Buck, Carol Frith, Paul Hostovsky, Lyn Lifshin, Susan Rawlins, and Danny Rendleman. The new growth we celebrate in nature also represents change entailing loss. The passing seasons in nature and life are inevitable subjects of poetry and notably appear in many of these poems.
Writers new to these pages include Emily Bevan and Christian Stella in fiction and E. P. Allan, M. E. B. Bodwell, Mary Halonovic, Robert King, Miriam Kotzin, Helen Losse, Maurice Oliver, Jude Roy, Jay Santini, and Patrick Walsh in poetry.
Finally, you may have noticed that this issue is dated "April/May 2004," while it is in fact two months later. We apologize for the delay in publication and any concern it has caused. We plan to publish the next issue during the first week of August in keeping with the quarterly publication schedule. In the meantime, we trust you will find something to enjoy in this issue and urge you to share the link with friends.
Anne M. Hudson
Poetry EditorWilliam Routhier
Fiction Editor
June 29, 2004
*From "Winter Always Turns to Spring" in The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin (Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 1999), p. 536.
Facets A Literary Magazine (Volume IV, Issue 2)
April/May 2004