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Issue One features:

  • Poetry by Brian Evans-Jones, Marcia Regina Passos, Frederick Lord, and others

  • Fiction by Christina Chase, SJ Richardson, Robert Napolitano, and others

  • Nonfiction by Kelly M. Sicard, Jan McLaughlin, and a special tribute section to Andy Mack Sr.

  • Painting and illustration by Elaine Farmer, Jodi Rajaniemi, Eileen Belanger, and others

  • Mixed media by April Claggett, Dennis Braje, John Webster, and others

    And much more!

About wild apples

Wild Apples is a brand new community publication that publishes artistic voices from Londonderry and surrounding communities, and features poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, visual art, and interdisciplinary work submitted by area residents. Our goal is to foster the regional arts community through an accessible interchange of creativity across genres and generations.

About the editors

Dasha Bulatova is a poet, translator, and interdisciplinary artist. She received her MFA in poetry and translation from San Francisco State University and served on the editorial teams at the Berkeley Fiction Review, 14 Hills, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. Her work has been published in Berkeley Poetry Review, Inverness Almanac, saltfront, The Meadow, and other journals. She joined the LAC as a voting member in 2022.

Larry Casey is a long-standing member of the Londonderry Arts Council and a singer and acoustic guitarist who performs both covers and original compositions at local events. As the current Chair of the LAC, he continues to champion artistic expression in the community.

Dasha and Larry at the Parmenter Barn

“The owl crept into the first apple-tree that became hollow, and fairly hooted with delight, finding it just the place for him; so, settling down into it, he has remained there ever since.”
— Henry David Thoreau, "Wild Apples"

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