The Aurora Review

The seed for The Aurora Review came from my vision of a multi-faceted publication that would promote the work of artists, writers, and musicians who touched a nerve for me both intellectually and emotionally. In practice, these often disparate artistic genres compliment each other to form a product greater than the sum of its parts. By publishing heretofore mutually exclusive forms of creative expression in the same magazine, I wanted to expose music fans to poetry, poetry fans to the visual arts, fans of the visual arts to short fiction writers, and so on.

In this issue you will find provocative works about the human experience in all its glory and bewilderment. Ace Boggess’ poems set the tone by exploring questions about two of the more important concerns in our lives: death and sexuality. In other poetry selections, Steve Klepeter and Martin Burke investigate thought-provoking, unanswerable questions about life, while Ruth Mark ponders love and apartment life.

Loss is the overall theme of our short story selections – from the loss of a spouse to divorce to the loss of a close friend or family member to the great unknown.

In addition to poetry and short fiction, reviews of recently released records of familiar and as yet unknown artists who examine politics, life, and love in ways that move listeners, as well as a  review of David Sedaris’ book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, grace our pages. 

Interspersed among the written pieces are the somber, wintry photographs of John Thompson, Sr. and the politically poignant artwork of Tiffany Montano.
          
I close the issue with an editorial about post-September 11th politics in the United States and worldwide.

Thanks to all of our contributors for sharing their creativity as well as my co-editor and creative consultant, John Rashby-Pollock, for the countless hours of editing and kind support while I compiled the Fall 2004 issue.

Thank you for supporting The Aurora Review. In the future we hope to promote a dialogue between readers and ourselves by publishing letters to the editor.

Take care,

Tracy Rogers

Creator and Editor