Copper Nickel is a meeting place for multiple aesthetics, bringing
work that engages with our social and historical context to the world
with original pieces and dynamic translations. Copper Nickel issue
23 features poetry by two-time Pushcart Prize winner Jennifer Atkinson,
Kate Tufts Discovery Award winner Adrian Blevins, National Poetry Series
winner Justin Boening, renowned poet and critic Stephen Burt, Ruth Lilly
Fellow Chloe Honum, two-time NEA Fellow Christopher Howell, Lambda
Literary Award finalist Randall Mann, Stegner Fellow L.S. McKee, and
Guggenheim Fellow Eric Pankey, as well as emerging voices such as
Belfast, Northern Ireland, based poet Andrew Deloss Eaton and Hong Kong
based poet Nicholas Wong; fiction by George Brookings, Dan Mancilla,
Evelyn Sommers, and Liz Wyckoff; nonfiction by Bangladeshi-American
writer Anuradha Bhowmik and NEA Fellow Traci Brimhall; and translation
folios featuring Polish poet, critic, and scholar of Roma culture Jerzy
Ficowski (translated by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer), Bosnian visual
and performance artist Soba (translated by Paula Gordon) who "publishes"
his prose on Facebook, and Polish poet Gzegorz Wróblewski (translated by
Piotr Gwiazda).
The cover of Issue 23 features collage work by Denver-based visual
artist Mario Zoots.
