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E-Interview CoralHull and Thylazine “I developed an empathy withanimals through my own experiences earlier in my life. This empathybrings a vividness or intensity to my experience today. A black cockatooflying through a rainbow in the tropics can be so intense, that I haveto sit down in order to conserve some part of myself in light of it all.The situation seems simple enough at first glance, but the closer youget to that situation the more complex and unknowable it all becomes –from the muscular action of the cockatoo’s wing beats during flight, tohow the dark breast feather repells water to how all the equatoriallight refracts from droplets inside the rainbow.”An e-view with the Australian writer, Coral Hull. by Rebecca Seiferle An e-chapbook by Coral Hull. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – –– Visuals Jerusalem Flowers “We have roses all year in Jerusalem. They are most prolific inspring, but we even have roses in winter, though far fewer on each bush.The windflowers are often passed by —they grow wild and are quite lovelywhen they open and their seeds are carried by the wind.” Just intime for spring, a selection of original digital photographs from RevaSharon, an award-winning Israeli artist and photographer. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – –– Presses “It was obvious in the early 80s that there were fewoutlets for women writers, particularly poets, in Ireland. Beaver RowPress in Dublin had begun publishing and had a list of new poets, butthe press didn’t survive. I made it clear that Salmon would bepublishing women poets and began to get a lot of excellentmanuscripts… In 1999 we published The White Page/An Bhileog Bhan:20th Century Irish Women Poets, and I consider this a crowningachievement for Salmon. The White Page is a directory (one poem,a bio, and photograph) of every woman poet who published at least onecollection from 1920 to 1999. It lists 113 poets, and is an invaluablereference tool for anyone interested in contemporary Irishliterature.” by JessieLendennie Double Feature: A simultaneous feature betweenanother publication and The Drunken Boat. Joyce Wilson, ourregular columnist, has just interviewed Jessie Lendennie of SalmonPublishing. Visit the interview at The PoetryPorch – – – – – – – – – – – – Online We are pleased to announce the latest fromArchipelago which includes, among many riches, “a complexliterary and historical perspective on Butler’s Central European work. ..by Chris Agee, an American poet and writer living in Belfast for thepast twenty years. ‘The Balkan Butler’ offers an overview of Butler’swritings about that troubled peninsula where Agee has, himself, visited,and argues that Butler’s Balkan writing is central to his oeuvre. ‘TheStepinac File’ follows up on ‘The Sub-Prefectä’ in recounting thecontroversy in Ireland in 1952 over Butler’s nuanced exposé of thecollusion by Archbishop Stepinac with the Croatian Fascists during theSecond World War in the forced conversions of Orthodox Serbs. Becausethe canonization of Stepinac has begun, this sobering matter is worth aclose examination again.” By Katherine McNamara. Big City Lit,this professionally edited magazine rolls over into a whole new issueevery month with a coherent feature compilation, recurringsections“Big City, Little”, “Bridge City Lit”(Paris, Prague, etc. in French, in Czech, etc.), the hand-picked“12” section, “Fiction”, “Other Arts”,“Free Expression” (First Amendment and other politicalissues), “Legal Forum” and othersóplus essays, interviews,reviews, articles, and think pieces. By Maureen Holm “Regionalism is interesting and has its place, but too oftenbecomes so overbearing that it obliterates the larger world view. Theeditors of Literary Salt look for work that reflects this greatercommunity. Even though each of us lives and works in the PacificNorthwest, we do not expect to publish only Northwest poetry, prose, orvisual art. We aim to reflect the world, not simply one smallpartitioned component of it.” by Pamela MooreDione “Transference is believed to be the sine qua non ofpsychoanalysis. But I think that also in poetry and literary mattersinterpretation of the stimuli behind the process of transference is ofmajor importance.” by ErminiaPassannanti Atlanta Review, an announcement of theforthcoming issue of translation and poetry from Latin America, edited by Stephen Ford Brown. – – – – – – – – – – – – Upcoming Issue In Summer2001, online in early July, we will feature an e-interviewwith David Lehman and selections from his new project. – – – – – – – – – – – – Looking for a Writer’s Conference? Check outthe Port Townsend Writer’sConference with Marvin Bell, Dorothy Allison, Alberto Rios, GregOrr, and others.