Volume III, Issue 1 - Winter 2004 - "Lines"

From the Editors

"Things don't fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become generations made out of pictures and words just kept."
--Lucille Clifton

Lines are a continuous mark. From point A to point B, we draw them; sometimes light and sometimes dark, they exist -- little more than a geometric figure on a figurative page. And yet, as writers, we know that lines are more than this, they can move us, they can shape us, and sometimes they can stop us, point blank.

Careful artists craft the unseen lines, the lines of interconnection, the lines that bind the audience to the art.

In this issue of Triplopia, we invite you to explore the lines of what makes us who we are, we invite you to read between these lines, and more importantly, to read the unseen lines.

Gene Justice & Tara Elliott
Editors, Triplopia

About this issue's artists:

Note: For close up shots of all Triplopia artwork, simply click on the picture.

Lord Fox (Izzard Review)

Lord Fox was born into a meat suit, long ago; he then moved to Louisiana and proclaimed himself the cross between Leonardo Da Vinci and Dr. Doolittle. When not seeking the philosopher's stone, he plots the doom of mankind. His high school named him "most likely to defeat the enraged ghost of Bing Crosby" and, true or not, Louisiana has not yet been enslaved by this enraged ghost. He also likes autumn, sparkly things and olives.

Read Lord Fox's Poetry.

Frank Mand (Laughter Contest)

Francis F. Mand is the father of two boys, Patrick, 5, a kindergartener, and Robert, 18, a freshman at Colby College (affectionately referred to as Yin and Yang). Since graduating from Boston College (a century ago) where he received the Bishop Connolly Award for poetry published in the Stylus, Frank has been involved in more prosaic pursuits, including over a dozen years as a reporter, editor and publisher of newspapers, and several years as the Executive Editor of a biomedical journal dedicated to Nuclear Medicine. NEPA (New England Press Association) Awards for Column Writing, News Writing and Community Service were followed by several years of under-employment, then actual unemployment, then a series of stimulating volunteer positions with the American Cancer Society, the local Little League, and AFI, after which the idea of devoting serious time to writing poetry seemed, by contrast, not as crazy as it did at first. Frank is active in Intagio - where he barters editorial services for trade dollars which, while not accepted at the mall, can be exchanged for overnight accommodations at those miniature houses with their own working fireplaces they call cabins (you know, Pine Tree Cabins, Pond View Cabins, Little Freakin Cabins) in the off season, or for a variety of unusual gifts, such as the inspirational honeys of Californias Marshall Farms. Frank's chief literary influences, besides food, his wife Mary, and old girlfriends, include Anthony Burgess, Robbertson Davies, Russell Hoban, Adrienne Rich, Timko, and R.C. Alton. For the past 18 years Frank and his family have lived in what the local chamber of commerce calls, "America's Home Town" - Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Read Frank Mand's Poetry.

Allen McGill (Cover)

Originally from NYC, Allen lives, writes, acts and directs theatre in Mexico. His published fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, photos, etc., have appeared in print as well as on line: NY Times, The Writer, Newsday, Literary Potpourri, Flashquake, Poetry Midwest, Poetic Voices, Herons Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, World Haiku Review, and many others. He is currently the haibun editor for Simply Haiku.

Gordon Moyer (Feature Article, Trip Picks)

Gordon Moyer is a painter, poet, essayist, and historian of science living in Tucson, Arizona. He has published poetry in Blue Unicorn, The Baltimore Review, Potomac Review, Babel, Xanadu, and many other literary journals. Some of Moyer's scientific and mathematical articles have appeared in Sky and Telescope, Scientific American, and Quantum. Currently, Moyer is teaching himself tensor analysis and composing a book of aphorisms.

Hugh Tuffen (Yawp)

Hugh Tuffen is a British volcanologist living in Munich. He enjoys taking photographs, especially when overjoyed by the beauty of nature. A keen cellist and anticapitalist, he frequently performs with Gene Justice and friends at the Vollmond poetry slams, and recommends that you read Noam Chomsky.