Summer 2011:

Today's blog picture is inspired by Michael Reid Busk's brief essay in the Summer 2011 issue of SHR, "Olympic Eighties."

There is much to admire about SHR's Summer 2011 issue.  And while summer may seem already a thing of the past, there are still twenty days left of that sultry season, and this issue comes in just under the gun.  So, have an ice-cream while enjoying our latest issue.

In it, you'll find essays by Paula Carter, Michael Cohen, and Michael Reid Busk. 

Greg Johnson and Tyrone Jaeger offer a pair of delightful short stories.

Poets John J. Ronan, M.C. Pennington, Antoinette Constable, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Slobodanka Strauss, and Alison Pelegrin are featured, as well. 

We'd be remiss in not pointing you to this issue's Comment by Editor Dan Latimer. Those of you with a fondness for Marilyn Monroe shouldn't miss it. 

As ever, we urge former contributors to share their good news with us.  We'd love to help you fire the glitter cannons!

Keep the good essays, fiction and poetry coming, writers! 

Happy reading!