May 2012

Our May Issue features an interview with songwriter Guy Capecelatro III conducted by Fogged Clarity contributor Jim Rioux. In addition, Capecelatro III shares an exclusive four-song Fogged Clarity Session. Also in this issue: new short fiction by M. David Hornbuckle, new poems by Patty Seyburn, Julie Sheehan, John W. Evans and Mercedes Lawry, along with a review of Richard Hoffman’s “Emblem” by Scott Hightower.

Benjamin Evans

Executive Editor, Fogged Clarity

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• M. David HornbuckleM. David Hornbuckle lives between New York City and Birmingham, AL. He is the author of a novel, Zen, Mississippi (Tritone, 2010) and a collection of short stories, The Salvation of Billy Wayne Carter (Tritone, 2009). His short fiction has been published in numerous journals and anthologies. His short story, “The Boy Who Cried Wolves” was published in a previous issue of Fogged Clarity and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In his spare time, he serves as managing editor of The Birmingham Free Press and founding editor of the online literary journal Steel Toe Review.Still Life with Infidels #1

• Patty SeyburnPatty Seyburn has published three books of poems: Hilarity (New Issues Press, 2009), Mechanical Cluster (Ohio State University Press, 2002) and Diasporadic (Helicon Nine Editions, 1998). Her poems have recently been published in Boston Review, DIAGRAM and Hotel Amerika. She is an Associate Professor at California State University, Long Beach and co-editor of POOL: A Journal of Poetry (www.poolpoetry.com). She recently won a 2011 Pushcart Prize for her poem, “The Case for Free Will,” published in Arroyo Literary Review. What Is Best
• Wedding in the Hesperides
• Julie SheehanJulie Sheehan’s three poetry collections are Bar Book: Poems & Otherwise (W.W. Norton), Orient Point and Thaw (Fordham). Her honors include a Whiting Writers’ Award and NYFA Fellowship in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in many magazines and anthologies. She teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.Thrift
• Hot Tips for Attracting Investors
• John W. EvansJohn W. Evans‘ poetry has appeared in Slate, The Missouri Review, Poetry Daily, Boston Review, The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Poetry Northwest, Epoch, and elsewhere. He is the author of the chapbooks, No Season (FWQ, 2011) and Zugzwang (RockSaw, 2009). Evans is a Jones Lecturer in poetry at Stanford University, where he was previously a Stegner Fellow.Incendiaries
• All Say
• Mercedes LawryMercedes Lawry has published poetry in such journals as Poetry, Rhino, Nimrod, Poetry East, Seattle Review, and others. She’s also published fiction and humor as well as stories and poems for children. Among the honors she’s received are awards from the Seattle Arts Commission, Hugo House, and Artist Trust. She’s been a Jack Straw Writer, held a residency at Hedgebrook and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her chapbook, There are Crows in My Blood, was published by Pudding House Press in 2007 and another chapbook, Happy Darkness, was released by Finishing Line Press in 2011. She lives in Seattle.Treacherous Lives
• Plant Life
• Later, Upon Reflection

• Tatiana PlakhovaTatiana Plakhova is an art director, graphic designer and illustrator. She graduated from Moscow State University with a Masters in Social Psychology, and later studied at The Higher Academic School of Graphic Design. Her clientele includes Playboy, Wired Magazine and 33 Across, among others. Her work has been featured in many publications including Designcollector, Electronic Beats, and Redefine Magazine.Biosphere

• Guy Capecelatro IIIGuy Capecelatro III is a singer and songwriter living in New Hampshire. He has opened for Vic Chesnutt and Elliot Smith, among others, and his solo career spans over forty albums, the most recent of which is North for the Winter.The Fogged Clarity Session

• Guy Capecelatro IIIGuy Capecelatro III is a singer and songwriter living in New Hampshire. He has opened for Vic Chesnutt and Elliot Smith, among others, and his solo career spans over forty albums, the most recent of which is North for the Winter.discusses his life and music

• Scott HightowerScott Hightower is the author of three books. This fall, Self-Evident, his fourth collection stateside, is forthcoming from Barrow Street Press. Early next year, Oases/Hontanares, a bi-lingual book, is forthcoming from Devenir, Madrid. Hightower teaches as adjunct faculty at NYU and Drew University. A native of central Texas, he lives in Manhattan and sojourns in Spain.reviews Richard Hoffman’s “Emblem”