Ampersand Review

We, the composers of this bittersweet Ampersand symphony, invite you to kick back and enjoy the rich textures of this masterful mashup of the finest contemporary authors.  We have first-chair expertise alongside promising prodigies and master noisicians.  The music may be striking, a little dissonant, but this is Ampersand, and the song is never the same.

Volume 6 Selections

Fiction STUCK IN A BOTTLE, by Kyle Moreno VIGIL, by Kevin Keating EVERY GIRL I’VE LOOKED AT ON THE BUS THE WRONG WAY, I’M SORRY, by Jon Lasser FUNK, by Shellie Zacharia

Poetry EFFIGY MOUNDS (a Poem of Breasts), by Michelle Menting LESSER LINES, by Mark Harrison FLORENCE 1883 C.E., by Ryan Holden 13, by Michelle Tooker BILLY DOESN’T LIVE HERE, by Thad DeVassie TENANT, by Elizabeth Meaney

The Ampersand Band:

Brass (fiction): J. Bradley, Daniel Davis, Jenny Wales Steele, Richard Radford, Erik Johnson,Craig Reinbold, and Joy Allen.

Percussion (nonfiction): Zachary Hill and Jim Kroschell.

Woodwind (poetry): Michael Marks, Nulty Lynch, Joseph Goosey, Ryan Havely, Kathryn McKenna, Ryan Flores, J.W. Mark, Joshua Chittick, Anna Cork, and Howie Good.

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Fiction by: Martha Rzadkowosky-Raoli, Adam Kovac, & Sam Snoek-Brown.

Poetry by: Jim Coppoc, Douglas Basford, Martha McCay Canter, & John Lambremont, Sr.

Cover image and art by Julianza Kim Shavin.

Another Building Project by Ampersand Development Corp.

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Back Issues

Episode 1 - The Debut

The Ampersand Goes Green

Sexy. Sophisticated. Ampersand

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Ampersand

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