FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A monthly literary digest edited by Randy Roark

Editor's Note:

“For Immediate Release” was a free, internet-only literary digest that was conceived in the days following the bombing of the World Trade Center. Its stated purpose was to provide a means by which writing could be made available within weeks or even days of its being written. A year and 12 issues later, a digest of this kind seems less necessary, and I am setting “FIR” aside to move on to other projects. I want to thank Jackie Sheeler for making “FIR” possible, as well as our guest editors and the writers who submitted work for publication, and everyone who supported this effort in many ways.

Randy Roark

 

     Volume II, Number 9     10/1/02
...guest-edited by Ira Cohen
Penny Arcade, John Brandi, Ronnie Burk, Ira Cohen, Aidan Andrew Dun, Agneta Falk, Allan Graubard, Renee Gregorio, Paul Grillo, Louise Landes-Levi, Angus Maclise, Judith Malina, Marty Matz, Daniel Moore, David Rattray, Janine Pommy Vega, Petra Vogt, Peter Lamborn Wilson

     Volume II, Number 8     9/1/02
...guest-edited by Christopher Luna
Patrick Berry, Clara Burns, Frank Chin, Joan Digby, Soma Feldmar, Fanny Ferreira, Lisa Jarnot, Ish Kundwalla, Vishal Khanna, Christopher Luna, Jay Luna, James MacDougall, David Magdalene, Marianela Medrano, Matt Meighan

     Volume II, Number 7     7/1/02
...guest-edited by Darrin Daniel
Stan Brakhage, Ira Cohen, Steve Creson, John Feins, Charlie Mehrhoff,  Greta Nintzel, John Olson,  Randy Roark

     Volume II, Number 6     6/1/02
...guest-edited by Steven Hirsch
J. J. Blickstein, Jack Foley, Gary Gach, Kirpal Gordon, Anne Gorrick, Janet Hamill, Steven Hirsch, Eliot Katz, Sue McKechnie, Richard Rizzi Michael Smoler, Sherman Souther

     Volume II, Number 5     5/1/02
...guest-edited by kari edwards
Stephen Beachy, Dodie Bellamy, Lisa Birman, Natascha Bruckner, Captain Snowdon, kari edwards, Mark Ewert, Robert Gluck, Stephanie Heit, Kevin Killian, Julie Kizershot, Rachel Levitsky, Ellen Redbird, Camille Roy, Michael Smoler, Sherman Souther

     Volume II, Number 4     4/1/02
...guest-edited by Patrick Pritchett
David Ball, Avery Burns, Amy Catanzano, Jeff Chester, Mark DuCharme, Michael Friedman, Jack Greene, Jeremy Green, Anselm Hollo, Mara Leigh, Todd McCarty, Rusty Morrison, Paul Naylor, Aldon Nielsen, Peter O'Leary, Patrick Pritchett, Bhanu Kapil Rider, Elizabeth Robinson, Jeffrey C. Robinson, Linda Russo, Andrew Schelling, Laura Wright.

     Volume II, Number 3     3/1/02
Allen Ginsberg, Amy Hayes, Steven Hirsch, Christopher Luna, Randy Roark, Sanghee, Alison Carb Sussman, Michael Taft, Anne Waldman.

     Volume II, Number 2     2/1/02
Katie Bowler, kari edwards, Allen Ginsberg, Jim Jack, Mary Kite, Christopher Luna, Randy Roark, Rosalie Robison, Michael Taft, Alison Carb Sussman, Francine Witte.

     Volume II, Number 1     1/5/02
Katie Bowler, Jack Foss, Christopher Luna, Ronnie Pontiac, Sue Rhynhart, Joe RIchey, Randy Roark, Jane Siberry, Tamra Spivey, Alison Carb Sussman.

     Volume I, Number 3     12/1/01
Jason Burke & Eric Malone, Darrin Daniel, Jack Foss, Andrew Hoffman, Randy Roark, Jim Jack, Christopher Luna, Sue Rhynhart, Tamra Spivey, Alison Carb Sussman.

     Volume I, Number 2     11/1/01
Ira Cohen, Christopher Luna, Sue Rhynhart, Randy Roark, Jackie Sheeler, Alison Carb Sussman.

     Volume I, Number 1     10/1/01
Darrin Daniel, Steven Hirsch, Christopher Jespersen, Christopher Luna, Rick McMonagle, Sue Rhynhart, Joe Richey, Randy Roark, Anne Waldman.