Interviews “’Naturally this is how one wants things to be, to write about, you know, the subjects poetry is drawn to — beauty, eternity, which don’t exist for anything, poetry doesn’t exist for anything, it doesn’t have a goal, it’s not about statements. Beauty isn’t for something. And poetry as I experience it is usually born out of quietness, nothingness. That’s poetry’s natural background. I often think about it as the image of a fish in water: living in it, the fish doesn’t notice the water. Poetry too lives inside this nothingness. Inside the quiet.” An interview with Israeli poet Agi Mishol. By Lisa Katz. – – – – – – – – – – – “Cosmological themes and influences show up in virtually all the visual art I’ve done; the bulk of my mixed-media drawings on paper employ the use of images of galaxies and nebulae juxtaposed with textual elements drawn from a shorthand notational system used in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe the visual appearance of such celestial phenomena..” An interview with Canadian artist and poet Gil McElroy. By rob mcclennan. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – E-chapbook a little white li(n)e: a chapbook by the Canadian poet rob mclennan – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Online “In addition to poetry, prose & art, Small Spiral Notebook conducts interviews with acclaimed artists and important figures in the literature and arts community and offers a forum for readers to find the latest and greatest in the arts scene.” By Felicia C. Sullivan, Editor. “An independent on-line literary quarterly dedicated to publishing quality poetry, fiction, artwork, and photography. We also publish French and German translations and original poetry. TAR was established in the spring of 2000, with its first issue appearing that summer.” By Colleen Ryor Editor. – – – – – – – – – – – – Presses “At the end of 2001, I looked back on the fifty books that Timberline Press had published since beginning in 1975. Not a large number of publications for twenty-six years, but when one considers nearly all of the fifty books were completely produced by hand–handset letterpress printed on manual presses and then handstitched and bound–fifty is a more impressive number. The printing and designing were major reasons for the creation of the press. The other main reasons were the love of poetry and the desire to provide an outlet for writers.” By Clarence Wolfshohl. – – – – – – – – – – – – Recommended Reading In the Next Galaxy By Ruth Stone. Winner of the National Book Award Time Travel Reports By Charles Fishman. Reversible Monuments By Monica de la Torre and Michael Wiegers.