Hello Everyone:

Recently, George Dickerson (Rattapallax's co-founder
and editor-in-chief) resigned due to health reasons
and I have building a new staff to edit the
publication.  Martin Mitchell (who used to edit
"Pivot" in New York City) will be joining the magazine
as editor-in-chief and Judith Werner (the magazine's
senior editor) will continue to edit the fiction with
Martin.  Alan Cheuse (bio below) will be editing the
fiction.  Joining the staff will be Dana Gioia and
James Ragan as contributing editors and Michael Hulse
as our European contributing editor (bios below). The
new staff will begin with the fall 2001 issue.

Rattapallax is the first literary journal to include a
cd featuring the poets reading their work with every
issue. The press is the first poetry press to include
cds featuring the poets reading their poems with every
book.

Cheers,
Ram Devineni
Publisher
Rattapallax Press
http://www.rattapallax.com

Dana Gioia is an essayist, a translator, a librettist,
an anthologist, and a poet. His two books of poetry
are The "Gods of Winter" and "Daily Horoscope," and
his essay collection is titled "Can Poetry Matter?"
Gioia has translated the Mottetti of Eugenio Montale,
and is currently working on a libretto of Nosferatu.

James Ragan is the author of five books of poetry
including In The Talking Hours, Womb-Weary, The World
Sholdering "I", The Hunger Wall and Lusions, from
Grove Press, as well as co-editor of Yevgeny
Yevtushenko's Collected Poems. Director of the
Graduate Professional Writing Program at the
University of Southern California, he is a former NEA
grant recipient and Fulbright Professor of Poetry. He
has read his poetry for four heads of state including
Mikhail Gorbachev and Vaclav Havel and is featured in
Rhino Records, In Thier Own Voices.

Alan Cheuse is the author of three novels, two
collections of short fiction, and the non-fictional
"Fall Out of Heaven." As a book commentator, Cheuse is
a regular contributor to National Public Radio's "All
Things Considered," and he serves as the host and
co-producer of the NPR syndicated fiction short story
magazine "The Sound of Writing." With Caroline
Marshall, he has edited two volumes of short stories.
His own short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker,
Black Warrior Review, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine,
Another Chicago Magazine and elsewhere. His articles,
magazine journalism, and reviews have also appeared
widely.  He is a professor at George Mason University
and has written the "The Bohemians," which was made
into the movie "Reds" staring Warren Beatty.

Michael Hulse is a poet, critic, editor and
translator. He co-edits "Stand" Magazine and is a
general editor of Konemann Classics. He has published
several volumes of poetry, and he has given readings
at major venues in different parts of the world. He
translates literature, literary criticism and art
criticism from German, and he also does translation
work for television and magazines. Michael Hulse has
written some 300 critical essays and reviews, and has
given lectures in many countries.  He is the publisher
of Leviathan Press.

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