Double Room
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Double Room was a bi-annual Web-based literary publication founded in 2002 by Peter Connors and Michael Neff of Web del Sol to explore the intersection of prose poetry
Prose poetry
Prose poetry is poetry written in prose instead of using verse but preserving poetic qualities such as heightened imagery and emotional effects.-Characteristics:Prose poetry can be considered either primarily poetry or prose, or a separate genre altogether...

 with flash fiction.

Double Room published work by popular poets and writers, as well as talented newcomers. The journal was edited by Mark Tursi, with assistance from Jamey Dunham, Erin Gay, and Joyelle McSweeney. Michael Neff was the publisher.

Contributors

Notable contributors include Cole Swenson, Rosemarie Waldrop, Bin Ramke
Bin Ramke
Lloyd Binford Ramke is an American poet and editor.-Life:He graduated from at Louisiana State University, from University of New Orleans, and from Ohio University with a Ph.D.He taught at Columbus College....

, Peter Johnson, Albert Mobilo, Ron Siliman, and Russell Edson
Russell Edson
Russell Edson is an American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator, and the son of the cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson....

. In Issue Three, Double Room included previously unpublished work by American poet Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...

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Double Room has not published a new issue or new content since Summer 2009. As of that date no submissions were being accepted.

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