Editors' Notes

Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt
Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton and Michelle Greenblatt

Letters for Michelle: with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan and Brian Kovich

Visual Poetry by Reed Altemus
Poetry by Glen Armstrong
Poetry by Lana Bella
A Eulogic Poem by John M. Bennett
Elegic Poetry by John M. Bennett
Poetry by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
A Eulogy by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Joel Chace
A Spoken Word Poem and Visual Art by K.R. Copeland
A Eulogy by Alan Fyfe
Poetry by Win Harms
Poetry by Carolyn Hembree
Poetry by Cindy Hochman
A Eulogy by Steffen Horstmann
A Eulogic Poem by Dylan Krieger
An Elegic Poem by Dylan Krieger
Visual Art by Donna Kuhn
Poetry by Louise Landes Levi
Poetry by Jim Lineberger
Poetry by Dennis Mahagin
Poetry by Peter Marra
A Eulogy by Frankie Metro
A Song by Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton
Poetry by Jay Passer
A Eulogy by Jonathan Penton
Visual Poetry by Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Visual Art by Marthe Reed
A Eulogy by Gabriel Ricard
Poetry by Alison Ross
A Short Movie by Bernd Sauermann
Poetry by Christopher Shipman
A Spoken Word Poem by Larissa Shmailo
A Eulogic Poem by Jay Sizemore
Elegic Poetry by Jay Sizemore
Poetry by Felino A. Soriano
Visual Art by Jamie Stoneman
Poetry by Ray Succre
Poetry by Yuriy Tarnawsky
A Song by Marc Vincenz


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Devorah: A Tribute to Michelle Greenblatt, Our Editor and Friend, Aug. 21, 1982 - Oct. 19, 2015

Michelle Greenblatt photographed by Kyle Ramsay
photo by Kyle Ramsay


Editors' Notes


Collaborations with Michelle

Definitions of Obscurity, a new book by Vernon Frazer and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS, with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton, and Michelle Greenblatt

Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt  


Eulogies for Michelle

Letters for Michelle: a web-based memorial with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan, and Brian Kovich

Glen Armstrong John M. Bennett
Vincent A. Cellucci K.R. Copeland
Alan Fyfe Cindy Hochman
Steffen Horstmann Dylan Krieger
Donna Kuhn Frankie Metro
Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton Jay Passer
Jonathan Penton Marthe Reed
Gabriel Ricard Alison Ross
Christopher Shipman Jay Sizemore
Felino A. Soriano Ray Succre
Yuriy Tarnawsky  


Elegies for the Poet

ANCHOR WHAT, a new book by Vernon Frazer

Reed Altemus Lana Bella
John M. Bennett Wendy Taylor Carlisle
Vincent A. Cellucci Joel Chace
Win Harms Carolyn Hembree
Dylan Krieger Louise Landes Levi
Jim Lineberger Dennis Mahagin
Peter Marra Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Bernd Sauermann Larissa Shmailo
Jay Sizemore Jamie Stoneman
Marc Vincenz  


"Devorah" was edited by K.R. Copeland, Vernon Frazer, Justin Herrmann, and Jonathan Penton


Additional Resources:

Issue 81 of Plain Brown Wrapper is dedicated to Michelle. This is a compressed .zip file, stored on the Unlikely server.
Clockwise Cat Strikes Back: Episode XXXII is dedicated to Michelle.
The November 2015 issue of First Literary Review-East is dedicated to Michelle.
Jump Beast, an e-book in collaboration with Jukka-Pekka Kervinen (cPress, 2011)
Michelle Greenblatt and Sheila E. Murphy's collaborations at Coconut
Michelle at Big Bridge in 2005
Michelle's Facebook page
"In Memory of Michelle Greenblatt" Facebook group



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