Jane Pray Silver runs her own multimedia company in Silicon Valley. Len Anderson, poet and physicist, lives in San Jose along with associate editor Robert Pesich and a handful of other contributors. Morton Marcus teaches writing at Cabrillo College in Aptos. The first issue is dedicated to world-renowned poet Denise Levertov. I was just so excited to have her in the magazine.
Death haunts the first half of the review.
Many of the poems drift through ghostly houses, suicide scenes and late-night hospital dramas. From there they take a spiritual turn, then dip to nature and the sensual stuff of life. Asked if she organized the magazine this way on purpose, Lowe drops her voice to a note of wonder. I've been touched by death myself in the last couple of years, and I realized I resonate with the fragility of life and loss. As The Montserrat Review , which takes its title from a monastery outside Barcelona, makes the rounds of publication parties, Lowe finds herself awash in anticipation.