Caketrain Issue 05. Nov 2007
5 3/8" × 8 5/16" × 264 pp.
$8.00 US
Out of Print
Our fifth is 84 pages longer than any previous issue, over 39,000 words and many of them not at all the ones we were expecting, and this massive amalgam actually coheres, in completely unanticipated ways. Take for example “Nest” by Andrea Fitzpatrick, which finds its thematic sister (daughter?) in “Hive” by Blake Butler; note the enigmatic appearance of Marlon Brando in the poems of The Pines (who?), knocking four times before fading into the ether, only to re-emerge as flesh in the midst of James Wagner’s suite 157 pages later; reflect upon Ben Stein’s “Wild Boy,” his words slowly disintegrating into Brownian motion for sound suspended in air as a precursor for the uncivilization of Peter Markus’ own boy and brothers. Even Jules Julien’s alternate half-bird, half-gun silhouettes adorning the front and back covers hint delicately at a mystery to be solved.
Contributors
Kristin Abraham,
Emily Anderson,
Hanna Andrews,
Joshua Auerbach,
Kristy Bowen,
Blake Butler,
Christophe Casamassima,
Anna Catone,
Myfanwy Collins,
Matthew Cooperman,
Alan DeNiro,
Damian Dressick,
Bonnie Emerick,
Andrea Fitzpatrick,
Elisa Gabbert,
Erin Gay,
A. Minetta Gould,
Daniel Grandbois,
Amelia Gray,
James Grinwis,
Derek Henderson,
Elizabeth Horner,
Lisa Jarnot,
Julia Johnson,
Jules Julien,
Kaja Katamay,
Marc Lowe,
Peter Markus,
Ashley McWaters,
Bryson Newhart,
Amy O’Hair,
The Pines,
Derek Pollard,
Alison Powell,
Meg Rains,
Kathleen Rooney,
Shya Scanlon,
Kim Gek Lin Short,
Julianna Spallholz,
Ben Stein,
Valerie Suffron,
Jennifer VanBuren,
James Wagner,
Rob Walsh,
Angela Woodward,
Arianne Zwartjes.
Acknowledgments
Cover images Copyright 2007 Jules Julien. Used by permission. The title “the way the fisherman’s wife knits his death into the sweater” excerpted from “The Sweater,” a poem by Gregory Orr.