Issue 24 Contributors

Perigee is excited to be releasing its 6th anniversary issue this April 15th. The issue will be launched on a completely rebuilt web platform, and will include work from many noted and award winning writers including Perigee's newest contributing editors Walter Cummins and Thomas E. Kennedy. The 24th issue will present a special non-fiction section devoted to essays about, and an interview of, John Updike.

The following are the contributors to our upcoming issue. Thank you to all who submitted work and we hope everyone will enjoy our new web site and our new issue—coming April 15th.

FICTION BY:
Mick Cochrane
Walter Cummins
Stephen Goldfinger
Thomas E. Kennedy
Stephanie Manuzak
Mary McLaughlin Slechta
Garrett Socol

NON-FICTION BY:
Ellen Akins
Duff Brenna
Steven Cameron
Walter Cummins
Okla Elliott
Thomas E. Kennedy
John Mood
Peter Selgin
Tonny Vorm
Gordon Weaver
Jean Westmoore

POETRY BY:
Martin Galvin
William Charles Hardy
Rick Marlatt
Cameron Keller Scott
Michelle Webster-Hein

New Perigee Web Site for 6th Anniversary Issue

The upcoming 6th anniversary issue of Perigee, due out April 15th, will be released in a completely redesigned web site. We've changed things from the ground up and we're very excited about the new look, feel, and functioning of Perigee. The current site has been well loved, and lasted more than four years. We're confident the total redesign will be equally effective in serving our mission.

We are currently seeking individuals who would like to take the new site for a spin prior to its public debut. If you are interested in volunteering to explore a beta version (which will include some of the content to appear in our anniversary issue) please e-mail info[at]perigee-art.com and let us know.

The new site will include completely revamped submission, subscription, and donation procedures which are sure to make all of these processes very much easier.

Look for the new web site when our 24th issue is released this April 15th. The issue will include several retrospectives on John Updike by noted writers and new contributing editors to our organization. It's a can't-miss issue.

John Updike

Perigee's newest contributing editor, Thomas E. Kennedy, reflects on John Updike's philosophy, his generous nature, and the distant friendship they began to foster in 2000.

"I had met him once before, at a conference in the Netherlands, but doubted that he would remember me. I sidled up, cradling my glass of red wine close to my chest to avoid mishaps, in the hope of getting close enough to make my face visible to this great writer whose work had been a model of style for me since I was a teenager. As I penetrated the second tier of the ring of people around him, I became dazzled by the man's aura—his stature, his bearing, his powerful smile, his great mane of silver hair."

Read the entire essay by clicking here.