Poetry Flash
| Type | Quarterly |
|---|---|
| Format | tabloid & online |
| Publisher | Joyce Jenkins |
| Editor | Joyce Jenkins |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Berkeley, California |
| ISSN | 0737-4747 |
| Website | poetryflash.org |
Poetry Flash (founded 1972) is a literary magazine and website based in the San Francisco Bay Area; it has been called "an institution in the Bay Area's literary culture".[1] It publishes literary reviews, poetry, interviews, and essays as well as an extensive calendar of literary activities on the west coast of the United States.
Poetry Flash is a non-profit corporation. The printed version presently has a tabloid format, appears quarterly, and has a print run of 22,000 copies. Copies are distributed gratis at cafes and shops in the Bay Area or are mailed to paid subscribers.[2] Joyce Jenkins has edited Poetry Flash since 1978; it was founded in 1972 as a mimeographed calendar of Bay Area poetry readings. Jenkins has been the publisher of Poetry Flash since 1980.[3]
References
- ↑ Hass, Robert; Fisher, Jessica (2004). The Addison Street anthology: Berkeley's poetry walk. Heydey Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-890771-94-2.
The calendar quickly evolved, in the hands of Joyce Jenkins, into the tabloid newspaper Poetry Flash, which has become an institution in the Bay Area's literary culture
- ↑ "Poetry Flash: How to Subscribe". Poetry Flash.
- ↑ Hass, Robert; Fisher, Jessica (2004). The Addison Street anthology: Berkeley's poetry walk. Heydey Books. p. 253.
Joyce Jenkins is the editor of Poetry Flash, which has grown from its founding in 1972 as a mimeograph calendar of Bay Area poetry readings to its present role as a quarterly west coast literary review and calendar in a tabloid format with a circulation of 22,000.