Kristy Bowen's second book, in the bird museum, came out from Dusie Press in November.

Stephanie Dickinson's "Dalloway and Lucky Seven" was reprinted in New Stories from the South 2008, The Year's Best. Her "Love City" will appear in New Stories from the South 2009, The Year's Best. Her novel Half Girl was released by Spuyten Duyvil and is available on Amazon and www.stephaniedickinson.net. Along with Rob Cook she edits Skidrow Penthouse; Issue 11 is at the printers with the journal celebrating its tenth year of independent publishing.

Jehanne Dubrow's first book, The Hardship Post, was recently released by Three Candles Press. Forthcoming are two more books: a collection of her fragments from a nonexistent Yiddish poet, entitled From the Fever-World, which won the Washington Writers Publishing House prize in poetry and will be published in October 2009. And a book of poetry about being a military wife, Stateside, will be released by Northwestern University Press in the spring of 2010.

Valerie Fox and Arlene Ang recently published a compilation of poems, Bundles of Letters, Including A, V and Epsilon (Texture Press). They were interviewed about their work together by Robert Watts: http://drexel.edu/coas/ask/featured-interviews/2008-10-18_valerie-fox-interview_watts.asp.

The Whitney Museum has acquired one of Ira Joel Haber's sculptures for their permanent collection.

Jeannine Hall Gailey had two poems nominated for the 2009 Rhysling Award, "Aware for the Woman Who Disappears in Silence" from Mythic Delirium and "Green Willow Wife" from Poemeleon's Persona poem issue. Her poem "Married Life" appears in the latest issue of Ninth Letter, and her poem "Risking Our Lives" appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of Willow Springs.

Dorianne Laux's fourth book of poems, Facts about the Moon, was a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award and the recipient of the Oregon Book Award. It was also short-listed for the 2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the most outstanding book of poems published in the United States. Her latest chapbook, Superman: The Chapbook, is available through Red Dragonfly Press. She has joined the faculty at North Carolina State University as a Poet-in-Residence, is the feature editor for the Spring 2009 edition of The Cortland Review, and some of her recent appearances online include: "Dark Charms," which was chosen as Best of the Net by Sundress Magazine, originally appeared in The Pedestal Magazine; "Dog Moon," from The National Poetry Review, was reprinted on Verse Daily; read an on-line interview with her in Willow Springs; and her poem "Mine Own Phil Levine" will appear in Valparaiso Review.

Rachel Loden's new book, Dick of the Dead, will be out from Ahsahta Press in May 2009. Eventually there will be a few pages devoted to it at the Ahsahta website but for now you can read a brief description and reviews by David Trinidad, Ron Silliman, and Gabriel Gooding at its Amazon page.

Kiki Petrosino collection, Fort Red Border, will be released from Sarabande Books in August 2009. You can read more about it, including a review by fellow Siren contributing poet Matt Hart, and place pre-orders by visiting the Sarabande website.

Peter Schwartz has added photography to his visual art repertoire, and his new titles, "space and sound," "defining the line," and "handful" and "telescope," have recently appeared in CELLA's Round Trip, eyeshot, and Foliate Oak, respectively. To read recently published poetry of his, follow these links to CELLA's Round Trip and Frostwriting.

Alex Stolis has the full length collection, A Wilderness Arcade, just out from Bewrite Books (you can read a description and a sample poem at the website), and his chapbook How to Drink Yourself Sober is forthcoming from Amsterdam Press.

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