I am so excited to announce that Shakespeare’s Monkey Revue is on sale now with it’s fourth issue, with the theme of Conflict. Something that makes it even more exciting is that two Lowell poets grace its pages. The boundless energy and talent of Lowell has been in every issue, Mike Tousignant in the first issue, Ann Murphy in the second, and Jay Simmons of the Graduate School of Education in the third issue.

In the latest issue, wrapped in an exuberant, dark and almost ominous monkey-fied version of Picasso’s Guernica, Lowell is done doubly proud. with an extended feature on poet Anne Murphy and a poem by Leo Racicot, an LHS graduate and a long-time Lowell resident.

Anne’s work is classically beautiful, poignantly powerful and extremely accessible. While many of you know Anne, I hope you take the chance to read a bit more about her, as well as five of her poems.

Leo, on the other hand, is a bit of new comer to the Lowell Poetry scene. I am really excited to introduce his work to you all, and this poem of his that we published is astonishing, moving, layered and deep. Honestly, it is one of the best I’ve ever read. It is the type of work that changes one’s perspective on the world and moves on to read and reread it. I suspect that this is only the first of many of Leo’s poems that will be published by Shakespeare’s Monkeys.

http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com to order a copy for $5+postage, or you can just email me for more info. Either way is great.