Nerve Cowboy is a biannual journal of poems and short fiction
sensitive enough to make the hardest hard-ass cry, funny enough to make
the most hopeless brooder laugh, and disturbing enough to make us all glad
we're not the author of the piece.
NERVE COWBOY #28, Fall 2009, is worth it for Henry Denander's cover art of Miles alone. And also for Bob Lavin's subtley subversive stars & stripes on the back (yep, another color cover!) Amazing writing from some old friends, some new contributors, and an unknown writer who forgot to include his or her name. If it's you, let us know and we'll send you your contributor copy. Everyone else, it's only 6 bills (see ordering information below).
SAMPLE POEMS from past issues: Lips is One of Them by Lana Hechtman Ayers; A Horse Poem for Lisa by James Babbs; White Christmas by Nick Benca; Sad Man Vs. Poley by Sudasi J. Clement; The Cuff of Doom by Robert Plath; Why Not? by Suellen Luwish; A Note From Home by Gerald Locklin; Reply to My Ex by Kell Robertson; The Hotel Lifshin is not Opening its Doors by Lyn Lifshin; Eyes by Ralph Dranow; Beer, Football, Baywatch, Trucks and/or Motorcycles, Tattoos... by Michel Estabrook; Often On Rainy Days by Julie Lechevsky; Arad Library by Karl Koweski; Soja (a Polish Painter) by Scott Weaver; The Role of a Lifetime and Playing Pool with Socrates by Fred Voss; Hickory Street Breakfast Blues and Rothko by Albert Huffstickler; Defeat and Maybe Indeed by Christopher Cunningham; Watching My Father Feed the Birds by Lori Jakiela; Fish Shack by Charles Harper Webb; Kentucky Derby Day At My Aunt's House by Michelle Brooks; Awful Beauty by Paul Agostino
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CHAPBOOKS from Liquid Paper Press, "Home of the Nerve Cowboy"
ANNUAL CHAPBOOK CONTEST All entrants get a copy of the 1st place chap. This year's winners are Justin Hyde (1st) and David J. Thompson (2nd). Two great additions, and editions, for your small press library.
Huff has moved on but his words and art live on. Follow this link to see some of what he shared with Nerve Cowboy over the years:
Huff's first Liquid Paper Press chapbook, Hindsight, or How I Learned to Survive the Depression, was out of print for awhile but now it's back. See the Chapbook section for details and order your copy today.
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This site last updated 1/10/2010
