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‘Every true work of art - and thus every attempt at art (since things meant to be similar must submit to one standard) - must be judged primarily, though not exclusively, by its own laws. If it has no laws, or if its laws are incoherent, it fails - usually - on that basis.’

John Gardner
Aesthetic Law and Artistic Mystery
la reata issue 7 front cover

LA REATA #7

AUGUST 2010

CONTRIBUTORS

TOM BLOOD

was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1973 - He's hard to track.
Which, as he's the world's greatest surrealist poet, would make sense.
His book, The Sky Position, is available through Marriage Records.
www.marriagerecs.com

LEATICIA HUSSAIN

was born in 1976. She lives in Hudson, New York.
She did the painting on the back cover.
I kissed her once in 1998. It was nice.
www.laeti.org

ALEXANDRA SASHE

was born in Moscow in 1976.
She lives in Paris, France.

M.A. SCHAFFNER

is a retired Cold War spy
He is also fond of pugs.

MATT GALE

was born in Ann Arbour, Michigan in 1974.
He lives in Seoul, South Korea.

TANNER

was born in Liverpool in 1984.
He's an underground poet. You've never heard of him.

ROBERT YATES

is a poet who lives in London
His book, Visions of Ecstasy and Boredom,
is available at Foyle's on Charing Cross Road.

GAIUS CATULLUS

was born in Verona, Italy in 84BC.

PAUL MURPHY

was born in Belfast in 1965.

MICHAEL CONLEY

was born in Lancashire in 1984.

JOHN MCFARLOW

is actually Dean K. Farrow.

DAVE BRINKS

was born in 1967. He lives in New Orleans.
www.17poets.com

ARIEL BELLER

was born in Portland, Oregon in 1976.
The Last Green Frontier was taken from
Pity and Contempt, a novel in progress.

He took the photographs on pages 8, 14, and 31.

www.lareata.info

The quote on page 31 was taken from Jonathan Raban's Soft City ©1974

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