summer 2013

The new Summer edition features a handpicked lineup selected by Chaparral’s new Assistant Editors: Freddy Garcia and Itiola Stephanie Jones. We’re also thrilled to showcase brand new interviews with LA poets Amy Gerstler and Lynne Thompson, as well as stunning new poems by Santa Fe’s Jenny George and Albuquerque’s Kathryne Lim. It’s a jam packed issue of fabulous summer reading, and we hope you enjoy it!

Amy Gerstler and Freddy GarciaInterview with Amy Gerstler

Amy Gerstler and Freddy Garcia


Emilio SoteloGardner
The Show
Being for the Benefit of Others

Emilio Sotelo


Jenny GeorgeOn the Soul of the Pig
Atlas
Ears

Jenny George


Kathryne LimOn Light and Craft

Kathryne Lim


Alessandra CastellanosMy Poem to You as Love Letter # 2

Alessandra Castellanos


Lynne Thompson and Candace PearsonInterview with Lynne Thompson

Lynne Thompson and Candace Pearson


Erica Y. HayesMermaid Variation
Entering the flesh again

Erica Y. Hayes


Jaclyn HymesMother-Daughter Rhetoric

Jaclyn Hymes


Michael Dwayne SmithElegy in a California Dreamscape

Michael Dwayne Smith


Perie LongoSecurity Check

Perie Longo


Juan AlvaradoSounds

Juan Alvarado


David MorckMy Father Returns

David Morck


Lusine MakarosyanWords Stolen from Broken Tongues
To My First
Inheritance

Lusine Makarosyan


Alissa BinderTraffic
West Coast Glow

Alissa Binder


Gina AlexandraPrometheus
Chora

Gina Alexandra


Arthur KayzakianCleaning Up the Future
The Perception of the Stairway

Arthur Kayzakian


Sarah ThursdayEarth Colored Hair

Sarah Thursday