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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here’s the issue of Breath and Shadow that has my poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Shawn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Robert Leslie Newman [mailto:newmanrl@cox.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> writers nfb<br><b>Subject:</b> Breath and Shadow, Spring 2013- A Place To Submit Your Work! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Breath and Shadow<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Volume 10, Number 2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Spring 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In this issue, we feature poems by Ani Keaten, Jennifer Ruth Jackson, Sergio Ortiz, and Jordan Jamison. There are three non-fiction pieces by A.K. Duvall, Misti Shupe, and Robert Kingett, and fiction by W.R.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hilary and William Ward.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>April is National Poetry Month, and as part of the celebration Breath and Shadow is launching a new initiative. Beginning now, poets are invited to submit audio/video clips of their performance pieces (in addition to the text) if they wish. It’s not mandatory, but we hope that adding this new dimension will help open up the world of poetry to more of our readers. Visit our guidelines page for details.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Our editors hope you enjoy this issue of Breath and Shadow. Please recommend us to your friends and let us know what you think. Follow us<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Twitter: @abilitymaine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Blog: abilitymaine.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ability-Maine/108636825827052?ref=hl">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ability-Maine/108636825827052?ref=hl</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>*note* A new, low-cost critique service is being offered by the Writer’s Division of the NFB. For more information, please visit our sponsor page.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> To read our Spring issue, please visit:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath">www.abilitymaine.org/breath</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Breath and Shadow Staff:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Chris Kuell, Editor in Chief<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Assistant Editors: Abby Astor, Dorothy Baker, Anne Chiapetta, Linda Cronin, Tricia Owsley and Suzanne Westhaver<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Breath & Shadow is a collaborative effort of AbilityMaine, Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC), and our many valuable readers and contributors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Please consider donating to Breath and Shadow. We need your support to achieve our mission, and your gift is tax deductible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You can learn more by visiting:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath">www.abilitymaine.org/breath</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Robert Leslie Newman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Personal Website-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adjustment To Blindness And Visual impairment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http//www.thoughtprovoker.info<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFB Writers’ Division, president<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nfb-writers-division.net">http://www.nfb-writers-division.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair of the NFB Communications Committee <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>