This month, author A. Manette Ansay joins me to discuss her life and writing, we stream Chris Bathgate’s beautiful and harrowing new album, Salt Year, Papercuts’ Jason Quever strips it bare to record two rare acoustic tracks, Laura Powers and Simon Perchik debut stirring new poems, Scott Hightower reviews Cynthia Hogue, and much more. Our May offering also showcases the first installment of award-winning author Alan...

While the past month has been quite a busy one for the Clarity, I’m extremely pleased with the scope and depth of the issue we’ve put together for April. Included in our latest offering: One of Ryan’s and my most beloved television actors, John Dunsworth of Trailer Park Boys, stops by to decry (extensively) the state of contemporary politics and discuss inebriation; Fred Thomas records an entrancing new studio session;...

For a long time, we have tried to find a way to maintain Fogged Clarity‘s monthly issue format while also increasing our journal’s daily content. Thus, this month, we are proud to announce the launch of our re-imagined, redesigned blog. This new blog (which I am affectionately calling “Blogged Clarity”) will be far more active and diverse than in years past, as Ryan and I are pleased to welcome contributing authors...

One of the challenges in editing a journal as diverse as Fogged Clarity is maintaining a unified aesthetic throughout each issue. In truth, we don’t always accomplish this, and there have been cases where we’ve attempted to create cohesion between pieces where none could or should exist. Other times, however, a natural synthesis emerges almost subconsciously throughout the content in an issue as it is being assembled. Our...

As we leave 2010, I can’t help but reflect upon how my conception of art and the overall aesthetic of Fogged Clarity have shifted over the past two years. When we began this project, the unifying theme behind the journal was to publish work that was a response to, or expression of, hurt. I recognize now how narrow that vision was, but also appreciate that it was a reflection of my own experience at the time. In actuality, editing...

Happy Holidays from Fogged Clarity. We hope you enjoy our final issue of 2010, and thank you for spending another year in the fog with us. Benjamin Evans Executive Editor, Fogged Clarity Table of Contents Fiction Theodore WheelerTheodore Wheeler is an author living in Nebraska. His fiction has been featured or is forthcoming in Best New American Voices, The Kenyon Review, Boulevard, as prize-winner of their Short Fiction Contest...

The Fogged Clarity podcast is becoming increasingly popular, and this month we are pleased to add thirteen new interviews and readings to our library, including an intimate discussion with poet Robert Wrigley, and an exclusive acoustic studio session from matt pond PA. Also in our November offering, you will find new poems by Robert Wrigley and Neil McCarthy, the short fiction of author John McCaffrey, wonderful mixed media illustration...

The redesigned foggedclarity.com breathes. The new site features sharper, easier to read text, a revamped audio player, a more accessible layout, and the scent of John Cheever’s favorite sweater. Arts Editor and Web Administrator Ryan Daly has delivered once again, as he continues to humble me with the skill and dedication he brings to this journal. This new site is a product of his work and vision. I feel privileged to labor with him,...

September, our 21st issue, features: Howie Good reading and discussing his poems A stream of Grass Widow’s dynamic new album, Past Time The startling photography of Horacio Salinas: 10 x 10 Portraits and Carnivore New poems from Scott Hightower Original fiction from Simone Martel and Michelle Bailat-Jones …and much more. Benjamin Evans Executive Editor, Fogged Clarity September 2010 Table of Contents Fiction Michelle...

This month we are pleased to feature an interview with the masterful Mr. James Lasdun. Portland quintet Loch Lomond’s album, Night Bats streams all month, we debut a beautiful new piece of fiction from author Dan Forward, poems from Richard Foerster and Mark Vogel, beautiful and unique paintings from Michael Shapcott, more travel photography from Mike de Lange, and Scott Hightower reviews poet Julie Sheehan, along with much more....