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A journal for poetry, criticism, reviews, stories and essays published by
Ricardo and Isabel Nirenberg since 1998.
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Offcourse July 1998 thru 2002
Re-indexed December 2014.
Issue #15. November 2002.
- Three Poems, by Janet Buck.
- Three Poems, by Joachim Frank.
- "Failing Words," a poem by Philip Hyams.
- Three Poems, by Rebecca Lu Kiernan.
- Three Poems, by J. B. Mulligan.
- "Big Stick," a story by Ricardo Nirenberg.
- "Ghost Town," a story by S. Scott Simpson.
- "Watching from the Warehouse," a story by Harvey Sutlive.
- Two Poems, by Michael J. Vaughn.
"Dancing
through Russia's Cultural History," a review article by Margaret
Black.
Issue #14. Summer 2002.
- "The Battle of the Falkland Islands," a poem by Stuart Airlie.
- "Yolki Blues," a poem by Janet Buck.
- Four Prose Poems, by Joel Chace.
- Two Poems, by Alison Daniel.
- "Manny the Cleaner," a short story by Timothy Kaiser.
- "Whispering along the Dead Sea," a short story by Muhammad Nasrullah Khan.
- "On the Eighteenth Anniversary of your Imminent Destruction," a poem by Michael Kinnaird.
- Two Poems, by Walter McDonald.
- "Dada in Albany, NY," by Ricardo Nirenberg.
- Book Reviews:
"Discovering Diane Schoemperlen," by Margaret Black.
Issue #13. Spring 2002.
- Three Poems by Jack Cannon.
- Two Poems by Ken Denberg.
- "Loki and Death," by Eugene Garber.
- "Bush, bin Ladin and Taja," by Muhammad Nasrullah Khan.
- Three Poems by Rebecca Lu Kiernan.
- "The Cartoon Vandals," a poem by Martin Rutley.
- Three Poems by Ellen Reed.
- Two Poems by R.L. Swihart.
- "These Dreaming Houses," a poem by John Sweet.
- "Arsonist," a poem by Jacqueline Vanzyl.
- Book Reviews:
"All in One Breath: Selected Poems" by Harry C. Staley, reviewed by Robert W. Greene.
Issue #12. Winter 2002.
- "Love and Violence in a Gray Place," a poem by Stuart Airlie.
- Three Poems, by Jeffrey C. Alfier.
- "Love Should Play Fortissimo," a poem by Janet Buck.
- Six Poems by Richard Fein.
- "Infused by Mortal Eyes," a poem by Ward Kelley.
- "Dying Man," a short story by Nasrullah Khan.
- Three Poems by Alec Kowalczyk.
- "November 19th Starting Out," a poem by Sheila Murphy.
- "The High Glass Wall," a short story by Elisha Porat.
- Book Reviews:
"The Eyre Affair: A Novel," by Jasper
Fforde and "Polar," by T. R.Pearson, reviewed by Margaret Black and
"Roscoe," by William Kennedy,
reviewed by I. L.Nirenberg.
Issue #11. Fall 2001.
- Coffee, a poem by Anthony DiPietro.
- Two Poems by John Horvath.
- Four Poems by Rebecca Lu Kiernan.
- Three Poems by Michael Kinnaird.
- Three Poems by Duane Locke.
- A Day for Singing, a Vietnam vignette by James MacNeil.
- From my Private Journal: September 11, 2001 , by Ricardo Nirenberg.
- The Lost Son, a story by Elisha Porat, translated from the Hebrew by Alan Sacks.
- The Yellow Boat , a story by David Ritchie.
- Cantos, three poems by Serafín Roldán.
- The Meat Market , a story by Julia Simpson-Akin.
- Open letter to Susan Sontag by Melissa Byles and
letters about Melissa Byles' article.
Issue #10. Summer 2001.
- Three Poems by Barbara Berman
- Two Poems by Janet Buck
- Two Poems by Kimberly Copeland
- Two Poems by Barbara Foster
- "Venice", a short story by Eugene Garber
- "Lifeless Life", a short story by Nasrullah Khan
- Four Poems by Walt McDonald
- Academic Caplets, by Ricardo Nirenberg
- Four Poems by Dorin Popa
Issue #9. April 2001.
- Four Poems by Cindy Colon
- Three Poems by Anne Comerford
- Four Poems by Ken Denberg
- "Short with Quotes", by Amadio Galante
- "Still More Dedicated Lines": poems by Robert W. Greene
- Three Poems by Ward Kelley
- "Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, I, XXIV and XXV", by Ricardo Lida Nirenberg
- Two Poems by Ellen Reed
- Five Poems by Harry Staley
- "The Inductor", a short story by Rowan Wolf
Issue #8. December 2000.
New Publications by Offcourse contributors
- Poems in French and in English by Louis Armand
- "A soft west breeze" and "Mirka", short stories by John Blackwood
- "More Dedicated Lines": poems by Robert W. Greene
- Poems by David Barnes, Philip Hyams, Durlabh Singh
- Poems by David Matthews Mitchell
- "Caplets", by Ricardo Lida Nirenberg
- "A Spit in the Face": a short story by Elisha Porat, translated from the Hebrew by Alan Sacks
Issue #7. Summer 2000.
- "At the Deathbed of the Millennium": a poem by Alexis Brodesky
- "Flan" and "Obsession's Deep Obsidian": two poems by Janet I. Buck
- "Dedicated Lines": prose poems by Robert W. Greene
- "Old Photos": a story by S.K. Johannesen
- "A Stanza of Carnality": a poem by Ward Kelley
- "Collecting skulls" and "The Secret Life of Carousel Horses": two poems by Michael Kinnaird
- "Stories of Creation": an essay by Ricardo Nirenberg
- "A Bullet Fired": a short story by Elisha Porat
Issue #6. Winter/Spring 2000.
This issue, guest-edited by Jenny Dowling,
whose work you have seen in previous issues, showcases The Writers Studio, a remarkably successful school of creative
writing located in Manhattan. As a part of their apprenticeship,
students at The Writers Studio do
the following exercise: given a text, either poetry or prose, by
an established writer; they must then produce their own text,
imitating certain (formal) features of the model. We present a number
of those exercises, and hope you will find,
as we did, that they afford a glimpse into the original act of writing,
as well as a pleasurable read.
You will also find a description of the Studio's activities and
methods, a presentation of The Writers Studio by Jenny and a recent
dialogue between the poet Philip Schultz, its founder and director, and
Ricardo Nirenberg.
- Jenny Dowling's presentation
- The writers speak about their work: examples and exercises
- The elements of craft
- The reading list
- Interview with Philip Schultz
Issue #5. Fall 1999.
- "From Nabuchadnezzar
to Negroponte: Three Millennia of Millennialism",
by David Nirenberg. - "Some Trees, not Birches" and "Four Poems", by Robert W. Greene.
- "Four Festering Sores": short stories by Ricardo Nirenberg.
- "Mongrel" and "Jerusalem Python": poems by Phylip Hyams.
- "After the Sandwich": a poem by Michael Kinnaird.
- "Fear and Hesitation #9 and #10": poems by Duane Locke.
- "Family Language" and "Long Haul": short stories by Elisha Porat, translated from the hebrew by Alan Sacks.
- "Closer Sun", a short story by Rowan Wolf.
- "Cry
Uncle: a novel by R. Nirenberg", reviewed by Margaret Black.
Issue #4. Summer 1999
- December, by Holly Lalena Day
- Lost, by Roger Gathman
- A Sonnet and Two Sagas, by Robert W. Greene
- SKIN MAN by Mary Kennan Herbert
- Something's coming to meet you, by Alan Kaufman
- A South American Quartet, by Ward Kelley
- H, by Ricardo L. Nirenberg
The editors recommend Eugene Mirabelli's most recent novel, "The Language Nobody Speaks" (Spring Harbor Press). Elegant, melancholy and salacious, it's the delicious fruit of a lifelong research into prose and sex.
Issue # 3. Spring 1999
- From the Editor
- The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Jenny Dowling
- Selling the Holocaust Museum, by Amadio Galante
- Parts and Wholes of Memory, by Robert W. Greene
- Two Poems by Mary Kennan Herbert
- Pieter de Hooch, by Laura von Roijj
- Three Poems by David Hunter Sutherland
-
"Life is Beautiful" and "Tango":
two fables of the ineffable, by Solano Meier
Issue # 2. Fall/Winter 1998
- More Poems, by Robert W. Greene.
- Witold Gombrowicz, or the Sadness of Form, by Ricardo Nirenberg. (Also in Spanish )
- Gombrowicz está en nosotros, by Juan Carlos Gómez
- No More Father, by David Siff
- Richard Ford on Raymond Carver, by Melissa Byles.
Issue # 1. Summer 1998
- Introduction
- Three Poems, by Robert Greene.
- PABLO PALAZUELO, A Biography, by Richard H. Knight
- Geologic form un-earthed: "Seeing through" the art of Pablo Palazuelo, by Richard H. Knight.
- River, Sea, Mother and Prostitute: the poetry of Fredi Guthmann, by Ricardo Nirenberg. (Also in Spanish)
- Links on Fredi Guthmann
- From
the quagmire of Academe by Melissa Byles.