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Table of Contents
Vol. 4, Iss. 4
Winter 2007/2008


Cover Winter 2007-2008
Winter 2007/2008. Cover Art: City Hall Philadelphia, circa 1910 by Lois Allen Charles.
The artist draws her inspiration from working in
Philadelphia in her youth and visiting grandparents in the city. She has shown widely since 1975. See more work at www.loisallencharles.com

 

Stories

Emily Fridlund Holiday  
David Sanders School of Fishes  
Myrna Rodriguez For You  
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Friday, Field Trip Day Web Exclusive
George Jacob Other Things I Won't Tell You Web Exclusive

 

Poetry

Eileen Moeller Philadelphia Fog  
Roger Miller Lesson From My Older Sister  
Luke Boyd city beach  
  Calvin Web Exclusive
Mary
Rohrer-Dann
Uncle Karl was a Bull's-Eye for Trouble  
     

From the Editors

 

Quickpicks
Reviews and Recommendations from the Editorial Board of Philadelphia Stories

   

 

 

 

Art

Saved
Paulette Bensignor
City Hall Philadelphia, circa 1910
Lois Allen Charles
Rising From Ices
Suzanne Comer
Sun Salutation
blythe hoyle
Coevolution
blythe hoyle
Kong - Ocean City, NJ
Kathleen Montrey
The America Dreamhouse Experience
MaryJo Rosania
Playing House
MaryJo Rosania

MaryJo Rosania’s work deals with the relationship between identity, reality and fiction. Through photography, drawing and video she questions the message portrayed by the things we live with and within - a fictional construction of reality. MaryJo’s work asks us to look at our identity with a more critical eye. MaryJo lives in New Hope , PA.

 

Blythe Hoyle is a geologist, writing coach, and digital fractal artist living in Bryn Mawr , PA. She taught geology and writing courses at Bryn Mawr College from 2001-2007.

 

The beautiful areas around her current home near Philadelphia inspired Suzanne to explore digital photography and its use as an art form. Her work is influenced by her background in fine arts and graphics. Suzanne's digital photo-art pieces have been featured in many area juried exhibitions. http://comersuz.home.comcast.net/

 

Kathleen Montrey has been drawing and painting since she was a child, growing up in the suburbs of  Philadelphia . She has taken classes at Fleisher Art Memorial, Moore College of Art, and Temple University . She currently resides in South Philadelphia .

 

Paulette Bensignor was awarded a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania where she earned a B.F.A in 1970. her work can be found at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Tyme Gallery in Havertown , Pa .

 

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