C. J. Sage's poems appear in publications such as The Antioch Review, Black Warrior Review, Boston Review, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, The Threepenny Review, etc. She edits The National Poetry Review and Press. She resides in Rio Del Mar, California.

TNPR contributors: Alexandra Eldridge, Aaron Anstett, Douglas Basford, Jaydn DeWald, Alice B. Fogel, Dorine Jennette, Les Gottesman, Elizabeth Hughey, Gerry LaFemina, Erika Lutzner, Elizabeth McLagan, Lynne Potts, R. T. Smith, Maggie Smith, Tony Trigilio, Emily Wolahan APJ contributors: Alexandra Eldridge, Jennifer Boyden, James Cihlar, Taylor Collier, Lorraine Doran, Rebecca Farivar, Paul Hostovsky, Jessica Jewell, Rustin Larson, ireann Lorsung, Stephen Massimilla, M. B. McLatchey, David Moolten, John A. Nieves, Doug Ramspeck, Lucas Scheelk, Elizabeth Harmon Threatt, Joshua Ware

This is two great magazines sharing one spine Authors in the TNPR: Larry Sawyer, Tracy Knapp, James Grinwis, Julie Danho, Gregory Lawless, John Mann, Susan Rothbard, Edison Dupree, Heather Kirn, April Manteris, Mary Biddinger, Douglas Basford, Melissa Studdard, Amanda Auchter, Gerry LaFeminaAuthors in the APJ: Andrea Henchey, Andrew Sage, Lisa Fay Coutley, Sandra Kohler, Sandra Kohler, Kate Hanson Foster, Rachel McKibbens, Jeremy Halinen, John Estes, Lee Rossi, Kyle McCord & Jeannie Hoag, John McKernan, Bill Neumire, David Dodd Lee, RT Smith, Lois Marie Harrod, Andrew Cox, Katherine Williams, Lara Candland, Katy Waldman, Wendy Xu, Scot Siegel, Lightsey Darst, William Reichard, Arra Lynn Ross, James Cihlar, Sam Woodworth, Rebecca Foust

James Haug's poems abound in the mysterious, in the world gone wrong by inches. The details are always there, slightly askew, so believable you accept them against your will. And wake up in a world of insight and conviction. These are marvelous poems, ones that help us see what might have been or could have been, in a world full of light. - James Tate In James Haug's poems, precision of observation and plain speaking comfortably coexist with authentic strangeness, in a way I feel is deeply true. The speakers in these poems are friendly, familiar and knowing, but also a bit distanced; they seem also always oriented towards the mysterious, and therefore towards possibility. I love reading these poems, laughing, feeling silent, and drifting off into what feel to me like very real lucid necessary dreams. - Matthew Zapruder Sometimes we go looking for poetry because we are looking for a conversation that defies predictable directions. In James Haug's poems we are so lucky to be in the presence of a generous, complex, surprising, and lucid collection. We are steadily sure of why this poetry is here. We're grateful, we're enriched, we're sustained by it. - Dara Wier

Two separate magazines: one spine. These two essential poetry publications now available in one handsome binding. Issue ten of the National Poetry Review features works by: Mary Biddinger, Amy Graziano, Stacy Kidd, Tom C. Hunley, Sidney Wade, Melissa Hotchkiss, MRB Chelko, Cynthia Cruz, Christina Hutchins, Jessica Piazza, J. Morris, William D. Waltz, Marcus Myers, Angela Vogel, and reviews of books by Amy Holman, Emily Carr, C.K.Williams, Michelle Boiseau, Angela Sorby and Gerry LaFemina. Issue ten of the American Poetry Journal features works by: Katie Jean Shinkle, Rebecca Kinzie Bastian, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Sandra Kohler, William F. Holden, Lia Brooks, Kate Hanson Foster, Rachel McKibbens, Alan Jude Moore, Kerri French, Kevin Simmonds, Octavio Quintanilla, Christian Nagel, Phoebe Reeves, Judith Skillman, Alicia Vandevorst, Rebecca Aronsen, Mike White, Aleah Sato, David Thacker, Michael Meyerhofer, Eleanor Swanson, Matt Summers, Keith Montesano, Julie L. Moore, Lois P. Jones, Emma Bolden, Tina Schumann, Ralph Angel; and reviews of books by Kristin Naca, John Miczeski, Saron Bryan, Beth Bachmann, Cecilia Woloch, D.A. Powell and David Trinidad, C.K. Williams, Jim Reese, Grace Cavelieri and Sabine Pascarelli.

The National Poetry Review, Winter 2009 Issue: Poetry, Essays, and Interviews by Jeannette Allee, Cindy Beebe, Ben Berman, Sarah Blackman, Sam Byfield, Patrick Carrington, Mark Conway, T. Zachary Cotler, J. P. Dancing Bear, Oliver de la Paz, Teresa Chuc Dowell, Angie Estes, Judith Harris, Dyani Johns, Ted Kooser, Dorianne Laux, Tony Leuzzi, Amit Majmudar, Beth Martinelli, Darren Morris, Mia Nussbaum, Rita Mae Reese, Melissa Stein, Lee Upton, Angela Vogel, Karen Volkman, Lesley Wheeler, and Martha Zweig