The spring issue of poetrynow is on line with new work by Brad Bostian, Ian Brook, David Chorlton, Clayton Hansen, J. N. Krause, Joy Hewitt Mann, and Michael Salcman. Our review is of poet/novelist Charlie Smith's Before and After: a fine book of poetry or a sweeping southern gothic new novel in 61 pages. Judy Smith McDonough, editor, poetrynow http://www.poetrynow.org %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%