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David Kirby

DAVID KIRBY‘s collection The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2007. Kirby is the author of Little Richard: The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, which the Times Literary Supplement of London called “a hymn of praise to the emancipatory power of nonsense.” His most recent poetry collection is A Wilderness of Monkeys. For more information, see www.davidkirby.com.

Contributor Bios for Issue 9 Summer 2015

July 1, 2015 Contributed By: Alex Cigale, Amanda Sarasien, Anna Leahy, Arne Weingart, Artur Azevedo, Barbara Hamby, Carol Smallwood, Circe Maia, Dariel Suarez, David Armstrong, David Kirby, Elizabeth Switaj, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Henryk Cierniak, Irene Turner, Jacob M. Appel, James Capozzi, Jesse Lee Kercheval, John Guzlowski, Kelly McQuain, Laurie Blauner, Marc Frazier, Mary Langer Thompson, Matthew Pitt, Okla Elliott, Paul Adler, Peter Burzyński, Richard Cecil, Samuel R. Delany, Vincent Czyz, Vladimir Mayakovsky

Issue 9 Summer 2015 PAUL ADLER received his MFA from Columbia University, where Matthew Zapruder selected his thesis manuscript as winner of the 2012 David Craig Austin Prize. Paul currently works as the Assistant Editor of Westchester Magazine. JACOB M. APPEL is the author of the novels The Biology of Luck and The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up. His fourth collection […]

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Cows and Wows: Why India Works Depite Itself and What We Can Learn from Its Example
by David Kirby (photos by Barbara Hamby)

July 1, 2015 Contributed By: Barbara Hamby, David Kirby

PUT YOUR STAMP ON LILI When Barbara says she wants to go to India, the first thing I say is, “I’m not driving in that cockamamie country.” When it comes to driving in other countries, mine is a checkered history. I still don’t know what the traffic signs mean in France and Italy, and I’ve got […]

Filed Under: Nonfiction Posted On: July 1, 2015

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 9 Summer 2015

July 1, 2015 Contributed By: Alex Cigale, Amanda Sarasien, Anna Leahy, Arne Weingart, Artur Azevedo, Barbara Hamby, Carol Smallwood, Circe Maia, Dariel Suarez, David Armstrong, David Kirby, Elizabeth Switaj, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Henryk Cierniak, Irene Turner, Jacob M. Appel, James Capozzi, Jesse Lee Kercheval, John Guzlowski, Kelly McQuain, Laurie Blauner, Marc Frazier, Mary Langer Thompson, Matthew Pitt, Okla Elliott, Paul Adler, Peter Burzyński, Richard Cecil, Samuel R. Delany, Vincent Czyz, Vladimir Mayakovsky

NONFICTION David Kirby Photos by Barbara Hamby Cows and Wows: Why India Works Depite Itself and What We Can Learn from Its Example INTERVIEW Garnett Kilberg Cohen Interviewed by Okla Elliott Freshness, Craft, and Time   FICTION Jacob M. Appel Gable’s Whiskers David Armstrong Gracile Laurie Blauner The Solace of Monsters Garnett Kilberg Cohen Bad […]

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Contributor Bios for Issue 8 Summer 2014

July 1, 2014 Contributed By: Amy Gigi Alexander, Barbara Hamby, Carol Smallwood, Christian Sorace, David Kirby, David R. Slavitt, Ed Makowski, Efraín Bartolomé, Gary Fincke, Graham Guest, Greg Hlavaty, Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Janet Joyner, Joseph Mills, Joshua Preston, Kevin Brown, Melissa King Rogers, Michael Ennis, Michael Gills, Michael Karl (Ritchie), Michael Meyerhofer, Nancy P. Davenport, Okla Elliott, P. J. Williams, Paul Crenshaw, Richard Kostelanetz, Robert Cowan, Sarah Katharina Kayß, Seth Michelson, Siddhartha Sebastian Larsson, Tony Whedon, Vincent Czyz

Issue 8 Summer 2014 HANNAH DELA CRUZ ABRAMS received the 2013 Whiting Writers’ Award for her novella The Man Who Danced with Dolls and her memoir-in-progress The Following Sea. She has also been accorded a Rona Jaffe National Literary Award and a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship. Her work has most recently appeared in, or is forthcoming from, Oxford American, Waccamaw, and Southern […]

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Who Made That Wooden Horse, and What’s It Doing on Our Beach? What Greece Needs Now
by David Kirby (photos by Barbara Hamby)

July 1, 2014 Contributed By: Barbara Hamby, David Kirby

THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE A funny thing happened on the way to Greece: I kept getting hijacked to India. When I’m researching a subject, I begin by talking to as many people as I can and pulling every halfway-relevant book off the library shelf. I also read The New York Times every morning and tear out […]

Filed Under: Nonfiction Posted On: July 1, 2014

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 8 Summer 2014

July 1, 2014 Contributed By: Amy Gigi Alexander, Barbara Hamby, Carol Smallwood, Christian Sorace, David Kirby, David R. Slavitt, Ed Makowski, Efraín Bartolomé, Gary Fincke, Graham Guest, Greg Hlavaty, Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Janet Joyner, Joseph Mills, Joshua Preston, Kevin Brown, Melissa King Rogers, Michael Ennis, Michael Gills, Michael Karl (Ritchie), Michael Meyerhofer, Nancy P. Davenport, Okla Elliott, P. J. Williams, Paul Crenshaw, Richard Kostelanetz, Robert Cowan, Sarah Katharina Kayß, Seth Michelson, Siddhartha Sebastian Larsson, Tony Whedon, Vincent Czyz

EDITORS‘ INTRODUCTION Paul Crenshaw & Okla Elliott Special Nonfiction Issue FEATURED ARTICLE David Kirby photos by Barbara Hamby Who Made That Wooden Horse, and What’s It Doing on Our Beach? What Greece Needs Now ESSAYS Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams Letter to Laurena Amy Gigi Alexander From Lost to Loved in Bihar Robert Cowan Close Call […]

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SOUL MAN: LIFE IN RUSSIA,THEN AND NOW by David Kirby with photography by Barbara Hamby

July 1, 2011 Contributed By: Barbara Hamby, David Kirby

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR EXCEPT, WELL, EVERYTHING “Don’t go to Russia,” said chef, author, and TV personality Anthony Bourdain during a May visit to my hometown. Bourdain had already confessed to eating sheep testicles in Morocco and a raw seal eyeball during an Inuit seal hunt as well as an unwashed warthog rectum in […]

Filed Under: Art, Featured Art, Nonfiction Posted On: July 1, 2011

Contributor Bios for Issue 4 Summer 2011

July 1, 2011 Contributed By: Adetokunbo Abiola, Aleksandra Bogdanova, Alex Cigale, Alexander Motyl, Alexander Vvedensky, Barbara Hamby, Carrie Shipers, Claire Harlan Orsi, Daniel Wolff, Daniele Pantano, Daniil Kharms, David Allen Sullivan, David Cody, David Hawkins, David Kirby, David Starkey, Emily M. Green, Eric Arnold, Francine Witte, Hannah Stephenson, Jeff Laughlin, Jeremy D. Campbell, Jordan A. Rothacker, Jorge Volpi, Laura Carter, Manua Das, Michael Arkush, Michael Barach, Michelle Askin, Okla Elliott, Patrick Fadely, Rabindra K. Swain, Robert Loss, Robert Walser, Serge Segay, Theodore Worozbyt, Weston Cutter

Issue 4 Summer 2011 ADETOKUNBO ABIOLA is a Nigerian journalist and writer. He has published Labulabu Mask, a novel (Macmillan Nigeria). He has also published in print and online magazines such as Rake Journal, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine, Flask Review, Zapata!, Liberation Lit, Sage of Consciousness Review, Africa Writer.Com, Big Pulp, the One World Global Anthology, The November 3rd Club, Mobius-Journal for Social Change, Dog Eat Crow […]

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MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 4 Summer 2011

July 1, 2011 Contributed By: Adetokunbo Abiola, Aleksandra Bogdanova, Alex Cigale, Alexander Motyl, Alexander Vvedensky, Barbara Hamby, Carrie Shipers, Claire Harlan Orsi, Daniel Wolff, Daniele Pantano, Daniil Kharms, David Allen Sullivan, David Cody, David Hawkins, David Kirby, David Starkey, Emily M. Green, Eric Arnold, Francine Witte, Hannah Stephenson, Jeff Laughlin, Jeremy D. Campbell, Jordan A. Rothacker, Jorge Volpi, Laura Carter, Manua Das, Michael Arkush, Michael Barach, Michelle Askin, Okla Elliott, Patrick Fadely, Rabindra K. Swain, Robert Loss, Robert Walser, Serge Segay, Theodore Worozbyt, Weston Cutter

F E A T U R E S Aleksandra Bogdanova в е з д е photographs David Kirby & Barbara Hamby SOUL MAN: LIFE IN RUSSIA, THEN AND NOW     essay and photographs Jorge Volpi & Okla Elliott WAYS OF EXPLORING THE WORLD     an interview with Jorge Volpi (English and Spanish version) Jorge Volpi SEASON OF […]

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HEGEL SPOKEN HERE or Why Germans Just Love to Tell You How Bad They’ve Been: a travel essay by David Kirby, with photos by Barbara Hamby

January 1, 2010 Contributed By: Barbara Hamby, David Kirby

A New York friend was yanked to the ground not long ago by her Cairn terrier Henry and broke her wrist. That wouldn’t happen here in Berlin—well, it might, but it seems less likely, given the exemplary behavior of that city’s canines. Can a culture really be judged by the comportment of its dogs? On […]

Filed Under: Art, Essays, Nonfiction Posted On: January 1, 2010

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