I find it the most stimulating poetry journal around. Yes, there's a lot of crap in there - and a few issues have been almost total disasters - but there is also a good deal of very good writing, including formal verse; an enormous diversity, an absence of fixation on one creative or poetic ideology or other, a dedication to poetry rather than a specific poetic agenda, good articles and reviews, and - above all - a great sense of intelligence and humor pervading the magazine. It seems to take the craft and art of poetry a good deal more seriously than it takes itself, and i like that.
I also compliment them on responding rapidly (four to six weeks), if tastelessly (no acceptances, ever.)
I liked their humor issue. Thought it was about three levels beyond the dated doggerel that clogs Light and, once again, I'll use the word "intelligence" to characterize the journal. And it was a particular delight to see a magazine use the word "humor" without trotting out the 1940's comic book cartoon drawings.
[This message has been edited by Michael Cantor (edited July 24, 2006).]
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