Fledgling Rag, Issue Nine
Fledgling Rag, Issue Nine features Alexandra Hartman, who recently completed work on a Master of Arts degree in Embodiment Studies from Goddard College, where she researched the philosophy, psychology, sociology and theology of the body. As part of her degree work, she produced a conceptual film about Western attitudes toward the body called The Word Made Flesh.

In 1999 she received a grant from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts to develop Shirazad, a website for Pennsylvania writers and an anthology by the same name. Her poetry has been published in Goddard College's Semester Magazine, Fledgling Rag, Dripping Dahlias, Con-Sensual, Coerced by our Fears, Mouth Organ, Sorrowful Daughter, Stymied Impulse and Megans-Closet.com. She's been a featured poet at many venues in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and she currently collaborates with the musician Louis Porsi, incorporating her spoken-word poetry with Porsi's music. Hartman is a freelance web designer in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Iris G. Press is pleased to announce the publication of In the Shooting Gallery of the Heart by Jeff Rath. This follow-up to his 2007 collection, The Waiting Room at the End of the World has been equally well-received and reviewed. Rath is in top form. To purchase a copy of In the Shooting Gallery of the Heart

And the Nominees Are…
With much pride, Iris G. Press is thrilled to reveal its nominees for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. Each year this press, like many other small presses throughout the country, presents nominees to the Pushcart Prize committee.

We wish them luck.