It’s been a long time in the making but I’m very happy to announce that the latest issue of Prairie Schooner, a literary magazine produced by the English department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, features selections from the Digital Schooner Global Fusion series, including the first ‘Fusion’ co-feature, between Prairie Schooner and Cordite Poetry Review!

In case you’re thinking, Hang on, haven’t I heard that somewhere before?, you’d be right. This print anthology contains a selection of poems from the original 2012 Cordite-Prairie Schooner collaboration, as well as poems from seven other guest editors, showcasing poets from Bostwana, India, Singapore, (North) Macedonia, Palestine, Uganda and Viet Nam.

As I outline in my latest Substack instalment, “An imaginary festival in the Republic of —”, my own small role in the genesis of the anthology stretches back over 20 years: which probably explains why it took over 2700 words to explain the whole thing. Although, as ever, I could probably continue to go on and on forever . . .

I’ve reproduced my revised introduction to the Cordite-Prairie Schooner collaboration on this site, with links to the pieces that have made it into the print issue.