APRIL 1997		T H E RAVEN C H R O N I C L E S
	A P R I L 1 9 9 7 The State of Solid D Cell Batteries & Poetry
	FEATURE DOES POETRY MATTER?		Raven Notes Poetry: Art or Anarchy? by Phoebe Bosché. Talking About My Demographic by Matt Briggs. April Featured Poets The Girl Who Always Thought it Was Summer, a chapbook featuring new writing by Annie Hansen, Sharon Hashimoto, and John Willson. Babette's Gift Writers talk about Poets who light creative fire. Accepting submissions until April 15th. FORUM: Does Poetry Matter? Two poets address the question. In "Does Poetry Matter?" John Olson writes, "I can only say yes, profoundly." In Bart Baxter's response, "The Culture of Poetry" he asks, "How many of you here tonight are poets?"   APPLE JACKED The second installment from Raven Chronicle's contributing editor Michael Hureaux-Perez. A JAPANESE AMERICAN IN MEXICO Holly Yasui writes from San Miguel de Allende about Mexican Time. T H E RAVEN A R C H I V E S Read the March issue featuring The Power of Language including writing by Gail Tremblay, Tiffany Midge, Mira Chieko Shimabukuro, and Sherman Alexie. Read Arthur Tulee, March's featured poet.
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