Blue Mesa Review, Number 19 — Julie Shigekuni

After eighteen years as an annual publication, Issue 19 marks Blue Mesa Review's passage into biannual production. This Spring 2007 issue will feature a new format. Literary highlights will include an interview with Native American scholar and novelist Gerald Vizenor and a new translations section will be inaugurated with renowned Chinese poet Ting Shu's debut in English. Also featured will be highly regarded poets Mary Ruefle and Hilda Raz and emerging poet Lauren Goodwin Slaughter. Fiction contributors are to include Jacob M. Appel, Dulcie Leimbach, and Anis Shivani. Nonfiction essays and book reviews round out the issue.