Edited by Gerald So with Sarah Cortez, R. Narvaez, and Anthony Rainone. THE LINEUP: POEMS ON CRIME 3 (ISSN 1945-7510) features work by Patricia Abbott, Joe Barnes, Henry Chang, Reed Farrel Coleman, Sarah Cortez, Michael A. Flanagan, Anne Frasier, James W. Hall, David Hernandez, Amy MacLennan, Carrie McGath, James M. McGowan, Kristine Ong Muslim, David S. Pointer, James Sallis, Jackie Sheeler, Wallace Stroby, Larry D. Thomas, Francine Witte. // "Crime writers and poets have a deep understanding of what Lorien Niedecker called the condensery. They know how to burn through the fat and get to the heart (and guts) of things, cooking down until only the real, strong stuff remains. Writers who work in both genres are especially adept at this condensing process. We see the results in this issue of The Lineup-an almost painful clarity, and an uncanny understanding of darkness and light, "fragile fiber sailboats on a chintz black sea". -Owen Hill, poet, bookseller, and author of... More > the Clay Blackburn P.I. series< Less
