Susan Isla Tepper has a new Novel out titled “Hair of a Fallen Angel” from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. A twenty-year writer, she authored 12 published books of fiction and poetry and 5 Stage Plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations, a win in the Francis Ford Copolla Zoetrope Contest for the Novel (2003), Second Place Winner in Story/South Million Writers Award and many more awards. Her play ‘The Crooked Heart’ concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022, at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. A YouTube music video for her new novel: https://youtu.be/W2HVIc4NrqY
http://www.susantepper.com

FRY

for Richard Fox

Lighting his stubbed cigarette
from the safety of
the kitchen in his daughter’s house
old Zayde would tell us kids:
They built fences
around the people like we
were cows that roamed;
and not out of wood, either—
Barbed wire electrified
to fry you.

Glancing our way
Mother would shush him,
sprinkling a little oil and garlic
in the pan,
metal so heavy
it took both hands to lift;
frying up the steak and chops
chicken and livers
on the stove top
waiting to hear the sizzle
before dropping them in.

Glenn Bowie is a published poet, lyricist, and photographer from the Boston area. He also owns and operates an elevator company that supplies custom-built elevators for clients from New England to Hollywood. Author of two poetry and photograph collections (Under the Weight of Whispers and Into the Thorns and Honey) on Big Table Publishing, he donates all profits from his books to various charities for the homeless and local animal shelters.