New Madrid: Journal of Contemporary Literature (Summer 2009: Volume IV, No. 2)
By: Featuring the work of Sherman Alexie, A. Igoni Barrett, Stephanie Dickinson, Simon Perchik, and many more established and emerging writers.
Contributors: Ann Neelon (Editor)
Publisher: Murray State University
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780979131967
Description: New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray State University. It takes its name from the New Madrid seismic zone, which falls within the central Mississippi Valley and extends through western Kentucky. Between 1811 and 1812, four earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7.0 struck this region, changing the course of the Mississippi River, creating Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee and ringing church bells as far away as Boston.