B O D Y is delighted to announce our 2012 Pushcart Prize Nominations. Although making our final selection required some hard choices, it was indeed a pleasure for us to revisit all of the incredible writing we’ve published over the past year. Heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all of our amazing contributors – and hearty congratulations to each of our unbelievably badass nominees.
Joshua Weiner
“TO DISTURB PROFOUNDLY THE SENSES”
‘an unclassified narrative’ from the Office of Legal Counsel, for the President
POETRY
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Matthew Olzmann
A RIVER, BRIEFLY PARALLEL TO AN EIGHT-LANE SUPER HIGHWAY
POETRY
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Keith Driver
THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIES
POETRY
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Nick Demske
LOCKHEED MARTIN AUBADE
POETRY
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Natashia Deon
from THE SPINNING WHEEL
FICTION
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Damien Ober
GHOST RIDERS
FICTION
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These poems explore the changes wrought by flight as in fleeing from, forced travel, emigration, leaving with no guarantee you will return, sometimes knowing you won't.
My Seven Lives tells a story of 20th century Central Europe through the voice of Slovak journalist Agneša Kalinová.
I discovered a lot of secrets, a lot of combinations, dark, political, religious, ideological, personal, to do with chess; spying, double and triple secret agents from all camps, secret police involved in dirty activities.
Dream of a Journey: Selected Poems, brings to readers of English the first full-length volume of poems by Czech poet Kateřina Rudčenková.
One of those things most difficult to convey about the special conditions in which we lived was the visegradišag: that everything, buying bread, recycling, riding the tram, came with a surreal associated cost that was impossible to anticipate and could range in consequence from mild discomfort to soulshattering alienation
They are women who want to look into the mirror and be satisfied with their reflection. Envy is born when you look into the mirror and don’t like what you see there. Everything about this sin begins with the eyes.
Herewith a fresh selection of our favorite recent poetry, fiction, and biography in translation from Ukrainian, Hungarian, Czech, and Italian.
For a moment, she wondered where all dead birds go when they die, which probably happens every minute of every hour, so really, birds should be falling from the sky not just from time to time, but raining down constantly, over both deserted and inhabited areas...
To my surprise I realized I had a terrible urge to sleep with this girl, and I was immediately aroused. And I became angry at myself for being aroused. It came on so suddenly that for a moment I didn’t know what to do.
What are you reading? Here at B O D Y we’ve always got a tome or two open, and we're happy to recommend these recent books.
