The Rose & Thorn Podcasts

“Illegitimate” by Adnan Mahmutovic (novella excerpt)

A raw and tender portrait of a Bosnian refugee woman striving to turn her streetwalking profession into a legitimate and respected enterprise in Munich, Germany.

Buy the book at http://cantara.squarespace.com/illegitimate.

“Milonga for a Blind Man” by Lois P. Jones (poem)

“Borges’ blindness lives in a dappled corner of this labyrinth.”

“You’re Dead Joe” by Jadon Rempel (poem)

“Joe is dead and the dynamic between mentor and apprentice takes on a new form in his passing.”

“Cruise Control Memory on I-65″ by Megan Roth (poem)

A poem that embraces visual fragments of youth, a mashup of images that fly by like highway scenery when one looks back on the devastatingly gorgeous span of time called childhood.

R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008.

“The Obituaries” by Tim Mayo (poem)

“What dark reasons lurk behind the habit of reading the obituaries?”

R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008.

“Owl” by Chris Crittenden (poem)

The raw dark majesty of the owl devoured me, making this perhaps the best I’ve written.

R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008

“Hours Partitioned” by Patresa Hartman

Year of Gratitude inspirational essay. Read it at http://barbaraquinnyearofgratitude.blogspot.com

“Sunday Morning” by Kathryn Magendie

An inspirational piece from Year of Gratitude blog (YOG).

“Dolphin Daze Gratitude” by Barbara Quinn

An inspirational piece from Year of Gratitude blog (YOG).

“Absolution” by Erin McKnight (story) read by Maggie Hughes

“Absolution” is one writer’s journey into a personal history littered with coal mines. The ancestors that toiled in these depths provide the inspiration for this piece of creative nonfiction—as well as every written word that shall follow.

R&T Pushcart nominee for 2007.

“Integration Under the Midnight Sun” by Adnan Mahmutovic (story) read by Wil Hough

Under the cold summer sun in northern Scandinavia, Bosnian Almasa finds refuge from her ghosts in the company of quirky women.

R&T Pushcart nominee for 2007.

Rose & Thorn Interview

Lillian Brummet interviews publisher Barbara Quinn about the Rose & Thorn eZine!

“After Birth” by Adam Peichert (short story)

Every day of the fair, the Maryland 4-H puts together a set of exhibits. Today the displays revolve around animal birth.

R&T Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read it at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Summer05/Afterbirth.htm

“Survey Crew” by M. Frost (poem)

“Calculate where some poems begin—”

The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2006. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Fall06/SurveyCrew.html

“Golden Sparkled Dancer’s Cap” by Kathryn Magendie (essay) read by Adnan Mahmutovic

Like a light beacon, the golden dancer’s cap takes you on an intimate journey through a woman’s life.

“Draeger’s” by Michael J. Vaughn (poem)

The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter04/Draegers.html

“Portrait” by Nicholas Manning (poem)

“…there are flowers (hidden) in your regard: there are centuries”

The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Fall05/portrait.htm

“Fireproof” by Krishan Coupland (essay) read by Wil Hough

“The scars I gave myself have lasted forever. I don’t think I’d want them to fade.”

The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2007. Read the essay at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Spring07/Fireproof.html

“Lakeside” by Jacqueline West (poem)

This short lyric poem braids the themes of place, time, and memory.

The Rose & Thorn Pushcart Nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter05/Lakeside.htm