
Congratulations to Lance Larsen (
Erasable Walls, New Issues, 1998). His poem "Why do you keep putting animals in your poems?" appeared in
Best American Poetry 2009, as did John Rybicki's (
Traveling at High Speeds, New Issues, 1996) "This Tape Measure Made of Light," which originally appeared in WMU's
Third Coast. Friend of New Issues, Susan Blackwell Ramsey, also had her poem included: "Pickled Heads: St. Petersburg"