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VOL. 7 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2008

Volume: VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 JUNE 2008 (13th Issue)
Edited by: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Binding: Paperback
ISSN: 0972-6004
Availability: In Stock
Publisher: Cyberwit.net, India
Pub. Date: June 2008
Condition: New
Price: $25

From The Editor

Welcome to the June 2008 TMR! This issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, artwork, reflections, literary criticism, book reviews etc. The latest issue offers the best of contemporary creative works by famous and emerging talents. A creative artist of today has full liberty in choosing the content and stylistic approach. But unrestrained subjectivism may lead to chaos, and an artist should know where he is going. An increasingly large number of poems received by me for publication in TMR is a testimony to the fact that the future of poetry is immense in this age of tribulation. Poetry is a good substitute for religion and philosophy. "The strongest part of religion is its unconscious poetry. Without poetry our science will appear incomplete; and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry" (Matthew Arnold).

I offer my deep condolence at the sad death of famous science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) on March 18, 08. He is renowned for his best novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. I was intensely shocked when a terrorist attack on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 killed 60 people and wounded 200 people at Jaipur, India, a popular tourist city about 260 km from Delhi. The attempt was to cause the maximum damage to human life, because on Tuesday Hindu devotees visit the temples. I offer my sincere condolence and hope such tragedy will never be repeated.

I'm happy to write that both I and Karunesh Kumar Agarwal have been invited to attend the international literary festival being organized at Oslo, Norway in September 18-20, 08. I'm obliged to the organizers of this event of great importance for providing me this opportunity. I hope by grace of God I shall participate and exchange thoughts with several authors who will travel a great distance to experience, write and find inspiration for their future creative ventures. Norway is famous for Ibsen, one of the greatest authors, and also Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset.

I would like to thank all the contributing artists included in this issue of TMR. I'm obliged to them for their cooperation, kind support, donations and subscriptions. I again express my gratitude to these artists for their useful help in publishing the June 2008 issue of Taj.

SANTOSH KUMAR
Chief Editor

Contributors

ARTWORKS

Andrea Cook
Bernhard S. Müller
Cheryl Antao-Xavier
Chris Bogert
Crystal Sons
Debra Faulconer Baker
Diane Chilson
Emilio López-Galiacho
Eva Lewarne
Francie Aguilera
Helen Bar-Lev
Jason Ferguson
Karunesh Kumar Agrawal
Kimmy Van Kooten
Kyle Basile
Leopoldo Kram
Libor Spacek
Liz Parkinson
Nicolau Campos
Rebecca Guile Hudson
Stephanie Rodriguez
TheaterOfCrueltyNOH AZSACRA

REFLECTIONS

Albert Russo
Catherine Berg
Joseph A. Burgos Jr.
Louie Levy
Sana Rafiq

LITERARY CRITICISM

Joseph S. Spence, Sr.

SHORT STORIES

A. Alan Beck
Alan M. Danzis
Andrew Coburn
Andrew Geyer
Andrew McIntyre
Arlene Weiss
Calisto Mudzingwa
Carlos Nordquist
Dave De Fina
David Valin
Eric Tessier
Floriana Hall
Fran Shaw, Ph.D.
G. Bodhi
G. K. Wuori
Gary Alexander Azerier
Gary Grenier
J.P. Farris
James C. Clar
Jack Galmitz
James Skinner
Janet K. Brennan
Jared Ward
Jerry Craven
Jerry Vilhotti
Jim Ganley
Jim Parks
John Cuetara
Jonas Knutsson
Joseph Matchar
Keisha L. Grant
Keith Wood
Kevin Brown
Kevin D. Burgess
Lucille Gang Shulklapper
M. Blake
Philip Keogh
Reid Laurence
Richard Rippon
Robert Wexelblatt
Robert William Braswell
Russ Curtis
Salvatore Cullari
Stephen E. Shepherd
Steve Mogg
Steve Morris
Terry Sanville
Thomas Boulan

POEMS

Adam Donaldson Powell
Alan Catlin
Alan Morgan
Albert Russo
Aleta Grimball
Ananda Selah Osel
Antonio Veneziani
Brenton Rossow
CP Stewart
Catherine Berg
Charles Hansmann
Cherilyn Fry
Cheryl Antao Xavier
Christine Magee
Cynthia Wilson
D Everett Newell
David Kowalczyk
David Vancil
Debra Faulconer Baker
Del Senkbeil
Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Elizabeth Ross
Eric M. Vogt
Ernesto Pangilinan Santiago
Eugenia Pantecan
Fabio Croce
Fran Shaw, Ph.D.
Gord Alexander
Heys Wolfenden
Hirsch Lazaar Silverman
Iris Loris Sokol
Jacob Erin-Cilberto
James Keane
Jan Oscar Hansen
Janet K. Brennan
Jerry Bradley
Jerry Monaghan
Joseph Aprile
Joseph Mayo Wristen
Joseph Reich
Julie Bolt
Jussi Jaakola
Kent MacCarter
Kimmy Van Kooten
Lionel C. Whitehead
Louie Levy
Lucille Gang Shulklapper
Lynda Ortiz
M. Blake
Marcia Miller-Twiford
Maria Cristina Azcona
Maria Deyana
Mariia Subotovych
Mary Etta Metcalf
Mary Jo Trenkler
Michael Lee Johnson
Michaela Sefler
Prof. Moshé Liba
Nirvan Hope
Oliver Rice
Orania Hamilton
Raina Hutchins
Rhoda Galgiani
Richard Lloyd Cederberg
Robert Cameron Hazelton
Robin Pommier
Roseann Geiger
S. K. Kelen
Samuel E. Stone
Sandy Hiss
Santosh Kumar
Shanu Goyal
Sheryl Joy P. Olaño
Shirley Bolstok
Stephen Lloyd Smith
Susan Kathryn de Vegter
Tatevik Khurshudyan
Tanya Rucosky Noakes
Taylor Mali
Thomai Kontou
Thomas Atterberry
Vernon Norris
Victoria Valentine
W. S. Mayo
X&Al Danzabel
Zyskandar A. Jaimot

HAIKU

Ban'ya Natsuishi (Japan)
Cynthia Wilson
Dean Lawson
Leslie Ann Arbogast
Magdalena Dale
Patrick Ryan Dunn Sullivan
Sayumi Kamakura

GEMS OF THOUGHTS

REVIEWS

Albert Russo's novel MIXED BLOOD by Moshé Liba

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