NEW YORK CITY STREET PHOTOGRAPHY BY HELEN HILL

"It's all about the Beauty of Light...I still prefer working with the Imperfections of Film." ~Helen Hill

Helen Hill is a street photographer living in NYC. Her work is featured below, and can be seen in the following publications: 

Feb 2012: Group Exhibition Huesca Spain featuring 111 Photographers from around the World visually Interpreting the Literary texts of Ramon J Sender’s book ‘Memorias Biestas’ to mark his 111th anniversary of his birth.

Aug 2012: Featured in Erik Kim’s Street Photography Blog / Ms Helen Hill: Mise -en-scene

 Jan 2013:  Featured in ‘Leica Myself’ Book

March 2014:  Featured in ‘Buffalo Almanack’ Magazine

NEW YORK CITY "STREET LIFE" PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT RIVERA

Robert Rivera lives in the Bronx, writes poetry, and captures life on the streets as it happens.

"When I was young I held a gun and thought: I can point and shoot to kill. But then I held a camera, and thought: Hell yeah! I can point and shoot to thrill. My mother birthed and raised me where hip hop was born. I finished high school and it pays well. Then I went to college and "i" pay well. ....Hahaha. 
When it comes to shooting, I aim to wow myself before I wow anyone else. I enjoy shooting different themes. People have different tastes and to vary in subjects keeps me open minded and creative" Photographs were taken with an iPod5. ~Robert Rivera

You can see more of his work at the following link:  https://instagram.com/boogieblam/

NEW YORK CITY STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AND FLASH FICTION "I AM NOBODY" BY ERIC HILL

Eric Hill, born in Washington DC, was first photographed among the cherry blossoms. This, no doubt, forms the basis for his colorful politics and a life long pursuit of cherry pie. That his Grandfather was a minister, no doubt explains, his intense desire to find another way to God than Religion. His writing comes from his profound need to get this crazy stuff out of his head.

He has published with Black Wire,  Indiana Voice Journal, Rain/Disaster/Party, Ijagun Poetry Journal and Behhutet.

Eric is also a street photographer in New York City.  Featured here are some of his photographs.


To see more of Eric's work:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/erichill418/

INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2015 ISSUE #7

~FEATURED CONTENT~

POETRY
 

PHILLIP BROWN 

 WITTY FAY

 RYAN FRISINGER

 NELS HANSON

DR. BELINDA HUBERT

 SASHA KASOFF

 ROSS KNAPP

 DR. MEL WALDMAN "BACK IN OGUNQUIT"

 GEORGE ZAMALEA

CREATIVE NONFICTION/ESSAY:

RAYMOND GREINER  "THE GRACE OF COMPANIONSHIP"
MADGE KAPLAN "VOCAL EXERCISE"
LIZ GILMORE WILLIAMS "APRIL LOVE"
 

FICTION:

DAVID DOMINE "LUCILLE IN LINE"
DAN FIELDS "CACHETTE"
NELS HANSON "THE GOOD BOY"
BELINDA HUBERT "NEMESIS"
NANCY LANE "TALES OF MEANDER"
ADAM MATSON "DAIRY QUEEN" 
BRAD SIDES "ACHIEVED DREAMS"

VISUAL ART

 "INDIANA" AN UNDOCUMENTED PHOTO GALLERY BY DAVID J. THOMPSON

POETRY BY PHILLIP BROWN

The Presence

I’ve fought for the causes

And I’ve laid with death

In the shadow of no reason

But always around me

Was the presence of the Galilean

POETRY BY WITTY FAY

Witty Fay is a translator by trade and a humanist by nature. She has been writing herself into her poems for some time into the virtual world at www.iexile.com, www.allpoetry.com, www.scriggler.com, www.destinypoets.co.uk, www.writerscafe.org www.poetrysoup.com and www.versewrights.com . Also, she proudly had her first bilingual volume of poetry, Nefelibata  (Brian Brixon Books, 2014), published and she is aiming at unraveling prose. 

Witty Fay [email protected]

POETRY BY NICK HOPKINS

Nick Hopkins is a professor of English, holding an M.F.A. in Writing from Lindenwood University. He is also an accomplished songwriter, whose work has been featured in numerous television shows, such as America's Next Top Model and The Real World. His non-musical writing has appeared in publications like Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The MacGuffin, and Punchnel's. He resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with his more-talented wife and couldn’t-care-less cat.

Ain’t No Sinners

   

On the seventh day, we rested.

Cold pew or warm bed?

POETRY BY NELS HANSON

Nels Hanson has worked as a farmer, teacher and contract writer/editor. Poems have appeared in Word Riot, Oklahoma Review, Pacific Review and other magazines, and are in press at Squalorly, Sediments, Blotterature, Digital Papercuts, and Straight Forward Poetry. Poems in Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine and Citron Review were nominated for 2014 Pushcart Prizes and poems in the Sharkpack Review Annual were awarded its Prospero Prize.

 3 Poems:  Sky Pilot-The Miracle-The Friends

POETRY BY DR. BELINDA HUBERT

In addition to writing fiction and poetry, Belinda Hubert is currently working on a novel, titled Shrink Wrapped and a collection of short stories about life in the Midwest. She works as a clinical psychologist in a private practice in Lowell, Indiana.
http://buelasprairiepractice.blogspot.com/

2 Poems:  Taking It, End of Autumn

POETRY BY SASHA KASOFF

Sasha Kasoff is a published poet, fantasy writer, and aspiring teacher. Having recently returned from studying abroad in Ireland, she is currently attending University of the Pacific earning her BA in English with plans to continue her studies in creative writing as a graduate next year. Her poetry can be found in two self-published books as well as in anthologies, magazines, and other literary presses. Look for her on Goodreads.

3 Poems:  Addiction, Lonesome Morning, Love Is  

POETRY BY ROSS KNAPP

Ross Knapp is a recent college graduate with degrees in philosophy and literature. He has an experimental literary novel forthcoming and various poetry publications in Blue Lake Review, Poetry Pacific Magazine, Burningword Literary Journal, Belle Reve Literary Journal, Carcinogenic Poetry, Blood and Thunder Literary Magazine, Tipsy Lit Literary Magazine, and Clockwise Cat Literary Magazine. 

He lives and works in Minneapolis.

3 Poems: We Venetian Heathen Lovers, A Room Of One's Own, Waiting

POETRY BY DR. MEL WALDMAN "BACK IN OGUNQUIT"

Mel Waldman, Ph. D.

Dr. Mel Waldman is a psychologist, poet, and writer. He is a past winner of the literary GRADIVA AWARD in Psychoanalysis and was nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE in literature. He is the author of 11 books.

BACK IN OGUNQUIT

I imagine I’m back in Ogunquit with my wife in the late summer of 2011. We often returned to the Beautiful Place by the Sea in July or August and stayed at the Seafarer’s Motel, across from the Ogunquit Playhouse, on the other side of Main Street. 

POETRY BY GEORGE ZAMALEA

 
George Zamalea's credits include articles, short stories, novels and books review online. He was awarded the first place from the 2011 International Latino Book Awards in the category of Best Spiritual / New Age book in English with the Six Seasonal Amendments, A Hispanic Inspiration.  He is a member of The American Society of Journalists.

6 Short Poems:  The Spiritual People Useless Taken, Exclude It Out, Relentless Fall, The Black Magic, Life, The Flowers

CNF ESSAY BY RAYMOND GREINER "THE GRACE OF COMPANIONSHIP"

Raymond Greiner's writings include short stories and essays published frequently in various literary journals and magazines:  Branches magazine, La Joie Journal, Literary Yard Journal, Nib Magazine, Canary Literary Journal, Bellesprit Magazine, Freedom Journal, Grace Notes Literary Magazine. His book, a collection of fiction and nonfiction essays titled Hinterland Journal was recently published by Outskirts Press. Raymond lives in a remote area of southern Indiana in a cabin far off a lightly traveled road with his two dogs Orion and Venus. He is a frequent contributor to Indiana Voice Journal.



The Grace of Companionship

    Companionship defines life.  Instinctive thought is of long-term, human partnerships, sharing each day, approaching the bond as a single unit, yet interacting in dual servitude toward shared goals.  Frequently such arrangements lack balance, but when in sync it’s the best of the best.

CNF/ESSAY BY MADGE KAPLAN "VOCAL EXERCISE"

Madge Kaplan, Director of Communications, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is responsible for developing new and innovative means for IHI to communicate the stories, leading examples of change, and policy implications emerging from the world of quality improvement in health care. Madge is also the host and producer of IHI's online audio "talk show" called WIHI, a program she conceived of and founded in 2009.  Madge came to IHI after a 20-year career in broadcast journalism for public radio. She began exploring non-fiction and playwriting more than a decade ago. Many of her essays have aired on radio or been published in print.  Her first play, The Last Appointment, was produced on Martha’s Vineyard in October 2011. 

CNF/ESSAY BY LIZ GILMORE WILLIAMS "APRIL LOVE"

Liz Gilmore Williams is a retired writer and editor with more than 20 years' experience in the private and public sectors. Most of her work was done for two agencies of the U.S. Congress. She asks that we please don't hold that against her.

This essay, "April Love" won an honorable mention award in the Summer Shorts contest held by the Virginia Writers Club in 2014.

FICTION BY DAVID DOMINE "LUCILLE IN LINE"

David Dominé lives in Louisville, Kentucky and teaches at Indiana University Southeast. In addition to an MFA in Writing from Spalding University, he has an MA in Spanish Literature from the University of Louisville and an MA in German Literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He also completed studies in literary translation at the Karl-Franzens Universität in Graz, Austria.  He is also co-founder and regular contributor to the blog Literary Labors (And the Occasional Cheese Dip). Find out more at his website at daviddomine.com/

FICTION BY DAN FIELDS "CACHETTE"

Dan Fields is a musician and film critic based in Houston, Texas. You can view his current and archived work at
http://www.fieldspointreview.com

  

His story "Cachette" is featured here.

FICTION BY NELS HANSON "THE GOOD BOY"

Nels Hanson has worked as a farmer, teacher and contract writer/editor. His fiction received the San Francisco Foundation’s James D. Phelan Award and Pushcart Prize nominations in 2010, 12, and 2014. Stories have appeared in Antioch Review, Black Warrior Review, Southeast Review and other journals. Three of his poems are featured in this issue of IVJ.

FLASH FICTION BY DR. BELINDA HUBERT "NEMESIS"

In addition to writing fiction and poetry, Dr. Belinda Hubert is currently working on getting her novel Shrink Wrapped published while writing a second novel, Crackers, as well as a collection of poems and short stories about life in the Midwest..She works as a clinical psychologist in a private practice in Lowell, Indiana.
http://buelasprairiepractice.blogspot.com/