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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Poets,<br>
<br>
We're happy to release RATTLE's first electronic issue -- we're going to be
putting together two each year, one in March and one in September, as a
suppliment to our print issues. Six months is just too long to wait, and
we want to keep the poetry flowing. The "E-Issues" will be
malleable, but include a good amount of original content, and a sample from
each new print issue. <br>
<br>
I'm still trying to find the best way to diseminate this -- I could have just
attached the file, but that would mean a lot of bytes flying around, and a lot
of emails would remain forever isolated in junk-email folders. What's
more, I realize you didn't ask for this, and it's really not our intention to
annoy anyone (you find yourself included as an expired subscriber). So
this time around I'm going to simply provide a notification and a link.<br>
<br>
To download the pdf, click here (or paste the url into your browser): <a
href="http://www.rattle.com/eIssue1a.pdf">http://www.rattle.com/eIssue1a.pdf</a>
(850mb)<br>
<br>
The issue is 41 pages, and includes a book excerpt of Erik Campbell's <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Arguments for Stillness</span></i>, a half-dozen
photographs by Hal Bergman, and two e-Reviews. The second half is a
preview of Rattle's winter issue -- five poems and a portion of Alan Fox's interview
with Jane Hirshfield. <br>
<br>
As I explain in the introduction, we're trying to provide a broader venue for
poetry than we are able with the print issues -- I hope we've succeeded, and I
hope it proves a fun and enlightening read. It's designed to be printed
out easily, in color or black and white, or just read on the computer. <br>
<br>
If you have any questions or comments, or if you have trouble downloading the
file, please write back. <br>
<br>
When the next e-Issue is ready in March, I might end up just attaching the
pdf. There's also a chance that we'll send another announcement or two
(though emailing this many people is no small task, so I don't know how likely
that is). If you'd like to remove yourself from this list at any time,
please don't reply to me, but instead simply send an email to <a
href="mailto:unsubscribe@rattle.com">unsubscribe@rattle.com</a> To add
yourself or a new address, email <a href="mailto:subscribe@rattle.com">subscribe@rattle.com</a>
<br>
<br>
Many thanks, and happy reading,<br>
Tim<br>
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<p></x-sigsep><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><x-sigsep>Maurya
Simon<br>
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Professor <br>
Department of Creative Writing<br>
</span></font>University of California Riverside<br>
900 University Avenue<br>
Riverside, CA 92521-0318<br>
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