<p>Liebamour spreads the love through magazines, one issue at a time. We publish art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that might be described as psychedelic, groovy, hoopy, freaky, ethereal, countercultural, or far out. Issue 2 of Liebamour was released January 18, 2011. It is 78 pages (nearly twice the length of Issue 1) and features: 1. Cover Art by Denny E. Marshall 2. Interview with Felino A. Soriano 3. Critical essay by Christina Murphy 4. Fiction by Nicole Hughes, Paul Piatkowski, and Charles Watts 6. Poetry by Michael Berton, Rachel Cruz, Raymond Farr, Cyndi Gacosta, Meaghan Hope, Vanessa Johnson, John C. Mannone, Joan McNerney, Britt Melewski, M.V. Montgomery, Christina Murphy, Stephen A. Rozwenc, satnrose, and Ray Succre.</p>

Liebamour, Issue 2: The Psychedelic Literary Journal

Literature & Fiction

Authors, Various

Literary

Diamond Point Press

Muscle & Blood is a literary reaction to modern culture in the form of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography. We publish works that reflect on, subvert, or capture the modern world in all its ugliness and beauty. Muscle & Blood Issue 2 is dedicated to the memory of Austin Kerswill (1992-2010). Issue 2 features; 1. Review of M.V. Montgomery's poetry collection Strange Conveyances 2. Photography by Leila A. Fortier and Kristin Fouquet 3. Creative Nonfiction by Christina Low 4. Flash Fiction by William J. Feddigan and Dylan Gilbert 5. Short Fiction by Georgine Getty, Neil Richter, Terry Sanville, J.J. Steinfeld, and Curtis Bradley Vickers 6. Poetry by Emma Bartholomew, Lisa Marie Basile (2 poems), Elijah Burrell (3 poems), Jim Culleny, Matt Dennison, Kenneth P. Gurney, Ted Jean (5-part poetry suite), James Keane, Austin Kerswill (posthumous), Britt Melewski, Allison Meraz, Meryn Shireen Shapurji, A.K. Williams, and Ron Yazinski

Muscle & Blood Issue 2

Press, Diamond Point

"Love in a Time of Paranoia is a truly poignant collection, where every word serves a purpose. A lexical surgeon, Good takes little to no time to cut into a moment, revealing the heart as it lays there, exposed and previously misdiagnosed. You are nothing more than an intellectual intern on this journey—you will stand there as he thrusts you into a scene, as he steps back and watches you manipulate the power within a split second. You will be tested mentally, emotionally. So the question becomes not of Good’s literary aptitude, but of your ability to appreciate his precision, his analysis. Laced with quick, clean incisions, his poems are a crisp reflection of a skilled poet and I would wholeheartedly recommend this collection to anyone in the mood to be moved." —Mimi Ferebee, Red Ochre Lit

Love in a Time of Paranoia: twenty20 Chapbook Series No. 1

Good, Howie

Poetry

Liebamour Issue 3: The Music Issue. With Hugh Fox (special feature, new poem & reprinted story), Eckhard Gerdes (first part of serialized novella), Daniel Crouch (review of Joel Allegretti's THRUM), Mutiu Olawuyi, Neila Mezynski, Joel Allegretti, Jack Miller, Sean M. Poole, Cody J. Deitz, John Burroughs, John Irvine, Anne Whitehouse, Tim Kahl, Kevin Heaton, and Nora Nadjarian. Dedicated to Hugh Fox (1932-2011).

Liebamour Issue 3: The Music Issue

The world was once a jungle (that is, a land without borders), and it will finally one day again become a jungle.... Findings have shown that people who live in the jungle preciously preserve their cultural norms and values, and consequently live a better harmonious life – compare to people of the urban, where manipulation is the order of the day.... The author of this book was brought up in a society where culture is valued like a diamond: Yoruba land. It is a land where the proverb is seen as an everyday truism; perhaps, purposely to warn, to instruct and to admonish. However, the coming of Western culture and civilisation has greatly affected the originality of the people and the language (i.e. Yoruba). As Chinua Achebe would say: “Things are now (culturally) falling apart.” Hence, for the poet to at least contribute his part in the preservation and beautification of African culture as a whole, he decided to pen Thoughts from the Jungle.

Thoughts from the Jungle

Olawuyi, Mutiu