Introduction to This Issue's Non-fiction
Jonah Raskin
As the editor of the non-fiction section I feel especially good about the pieces we’re publishing. There is real diversity here and in several different ways. One piece is a review of a book of poetry. Another is a short essay inspired by memories of food and family. Sarah Baker is here for the second time, writing now about Tina Turner. Two of the contributors, Don Collier and Josalyn Huynh, both read recently at an open mic at Black Bird Books on Irving Street in San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. I heard them and invited them to contribute to Caveat Lector. Collier is on in years. Huynh is still in high school. Finally, there’s Margaret Mackenzie-Hooson piece about her own childhood which is also a portrait of her family and New Zealand in the 20th century. Regent Press has just published a new collection of my poems titled The Thief of Yellow Roses. It's a Caveat Lector book.
Jonah Raskin is a co-editor of Caveat Lector. A poet and a novelist, he lives in San Francisco. His books include The Mythology of Imperialism: Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, D. H. Lawrence, and Joyce Cary, and its companion, A Terrible Beauty: The Wilderness of American Literature, as well as his new poetry collection The Thief of Yellow Roses.