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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.
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.
Issue #10.
Summer 2001.
Issue #9. April 2001.
Contributors to this issue.
Issue #8. December 2000.
New Publications
by Offcourse contributors
Contributors
to this issue
Issue #7. Summer 2000.
Contributors to this issue
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.
Issue #5. Fall 1999.
Contributors
to this issue
Issue #4. Summer 1999
Contributors to this issue
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
Contributors to this
Issue
Issue # 2. Fall/Winter 1998
Issue # 1. Summer 1998