New Issue of Miracle Monocle

We are pleased to announce the release of Issue X of Miracle Monocle, the University of Louisville's online literary journal.

Highlights of this eclectic and spunky issue include a Special Feature delving into the writerly allure of collage art. Enjoy galleries of gorgeous--and sometimes charmingly grotesque--images created by writers of prose and poetry alike, including Karyna McGlynn, Matthew Vollmer, and John Gallaher.

In our Experimental & Hybrid category, you'll also find an examination of the place of the image in literary art with gutsy work from Frances Cannon and Sarah Rosenthal. Highlights in this category also include genre-bending flash from Sarah Gorham and Mathias Svalina.

If you're in the mood for salty or genre-expanding poetry, be sure to sample new work from Kent Shaw, Eric Pankey, and Rebecca Morgan Frank. If innovative fiction is your taste, look to Rebbecca Brown and Susann Cokal to spice up your morning. (We also highly recommend our interview with Kayla Rae Whitaker; you'll find a sample of her debut novel in our Fiction category too.)

You'll meet the winners of our Award for Emerging Writers and Award for Ambitious Student Writing in our Nonfiction and Ambitious Student Writer categories respectively. Erin Wood and Jessica Newman are writers you're going to want to watch; we believe they represent a bright future for innovative literary art.

In the end, we encourage you to peruse the whole darn issue--perhaps reading it as you enjoy the first fumblings of Spring through an open window. Or, better yet, get outside and read Miracle Monocle on your phone or tablet. We know you're going to find something in this issue that will refresh your sensibilities and re-orient your sense of what's possible on the page.