July 2011

This month we welcome renowned banjoist Bela Fleck into the fog to discuss his life and craft; showcase the music of a very talented young San Diego songwriter; debut new poems from Stephen Cramer and Rachael Lyon; feature original fiction by Dylan James Brock and Alan Drew; take a long look at the paintings of Robin Eley, and much, much more.

Benjamin Evans
Executive Editor, Fogged Clarity

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• Alan DrewAlan Drew‘s first novel, Gardens of Water, was published by Random House in 2008. To date, it has been translated into eleven languages and published in eighteen countries. In 2004, he completed a master of fine arts degree at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was awarded a Teaching/Writing Fellowship. He lives with his wife and two kids in Philadelphia, and teaches fiction writing at Villanova University. He is hard at work on a second novel. In the News (Part 3 of 4)
• Dylan James BrockDylan James Brock got his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. He has worked as a reader at the Paris Review, a barista at Starbucks, a research assistant for author Kathryn Harrison, a dog walker, an adjunct teaching writing in Michigan and New York City, a sales associate at Best Buy, a founder of the record label Jumberlack Media, a ride attendant at a water park, and a freelance web developer. Girl Group

• Stephen CramerStephen Cramer‘s first book of poems, Shiva’s Drum, was selected by Grace Schulman for the National Poetry Series and published in 2004. His second, Tongue & Groove, was published by University of Illinois Press in 2007. His work has appeared in journals such as American Poetry Review, African American Review, Harvard Review, Atlanta Review, Green Mountains Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. He’s currently polishing up a third collection of poetry with help from a grant from The Vermont Arts Council. He teaches writing and literature at the University of Vermont and lives with his wife and daughter in Burlington. Tempus Fugit: Couplets for Stan Getz
• Rising Sonnet for Miles
• Rachael LyonRachael Lyon is the author of The Normal Heart and How It Works (forthcoming 2011), winner of the 2010 White Eagle Coffee Store Press Poetry Chapbook Award, and finalist for the 2010 Black River Chapbook Competition. She received an MFA in poetry from George Mason University and recently completed a 2009-10 Fulbright grant in Vienna, Austria, where she translated poetry from German. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Hopkins Review, Blue Earth Review, Cider Press Review, and The Midwest Quarterly, among others. At work on her first collection of poems, she teaches writing as an instructor at Penn State. Bed the Monster
• Howie GoodHowie Good, a journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, is the author of the full-length poetry collections Lovesick (Press Americana, 2009), Heart With a Dirty Windshield (BeWrite Books, 2010), and Everything Reminds Me of Me (Desperanto, 2011).Poe in Love
• Allyson PatyAllyson Paty was raised in New York City, where she continues to live. Her poems have appeared in the publications Tin House, Boxcar Poetry Review, and Low Log, among others. Her collaborations with Danniel Schoonebeek can be found on The Awl and Underwater New York. To Raimund Hoghe

• Robin EleyRobin Eley was born in London in 1978, and migrated to Australia with his family at the age of 3. In 1997, he moved to the U.S. to attend Westmont College, earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts and captaining their basketball team. He has since returned to Australia where he now lives with his wife Rachel. A recipient of multiple awards, his work has been published in The Advertiser and The Australian. Paintings
• Jason YarmoskyJason Bard Yarmosky is a native New Yorker and holds a BFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City. His work has been featured in many group exhibitions around the country, and he recently had his first solo show, Elder Kinder, at Like The Spice Gallery in Brooklyn. He lives and works in New York. Elder Kinder
• Erik OlsonErik Olson is an artist and graduate of the Emily Carr Institute. Since 2006, he has worked with international artist Gordon Halloran to complete paintings in Italy, as well in Millennium Park, Chicago and in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics.. Olson has exhibited his paintings at the Art Gallery of Calgary, is represented by the Skew Gallery and served as the director of IDEAL: a temporary visual arts exhibition space in Calgary. He has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, Emma Lake and the Sanskriti Centre in New Delhi, India. In 2010, he motorcycled across rapidly changing landscape of India to inform a new series of paintings, Out of India. Merge

• Jeffrey Paul LupoJeffrey Paul Lupo was born in San Diego and has since divided his time between Southern California and Seattle. A recent graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff is in the process of moving to London to pursue a graduate degree at the London School of Economics. As a singer and songwriter Jeff has released two albums, You’re in Golden Light and The Proverbial Horse. You’re in Golden Light
• The Fogged Clarity Session

• Bela FleckBela Fleck has won 12 Grammy awards and been nominated for 27 more. Widely considered the best banjo player on the planet, he has played with the likes of Chick Corea, Bruce Hornsby, and Dave Matthews, among many others. Since 1988, he has served has the frontman for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Recording with his famed Flecktones, Bela has released 14 albums, the most recent of which is, Rocket Science. the world’s best banjoist discusses his craft
• Jeffrey Paul LupoJeffrey Paul Lupo was born in San Diego and has since divided his time between Southern California and Seattle. A recent graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff is in the process of moving to London to pursue a graduate degree at the London School of Economics. As a singer and songwriter Jeff has released two albums, You’re in Golden Light and The Proverbial Horse.talks about the recording of his latest album

• Scott HightowerScott Hightower is a poet living with one foot in New York City, one in Texas, and one in Madrid. His third collection, Part of the Bargain, received the 2004 Hayden Carruth Award. His translations from Spanish have garnered him a Willis Barnstone Translation Prize. He teaches at NYU, and has taught poetry, non-fiction, and translation at Drew, F.I.T., Fordham, and Poets House.Michael Montlack’s “Cool Limbo”