The summer 2012 issue of Salamander, a literary journal published by Suffolk University, has been released.

Salamander vol. 17. No. 2, an all-fiction issue guest-edited by Peter Brown and Catherine Parnell, features outstanding stories by an array of new and award-winning writers, including:

• David Abrams, author of the novel Fobbit
• Dwaine Rieves, author of the poetry collection When the Eye Forms
• Austin Duffy
• Siobhan Fallon, author of the story collection You Know When the Men Are Gone
• E. A. Neeves
• Mary O’Donoghue, author of the novel Before the House Burns
• Shane Castle
• Jenn Hollmeyer
• Tehila Lieberman, author of the story collection Venus in the Afternoon
• Albert Somma
• Sara Hulse
• Katia Kapovich, author of numerous books of poetry in Russian and English

Salamander combines the best new work by writers now reaching artistic maturity with exciting new work by established writers.

English Professor Professor Jennifer Barber is the founding editor and editor-in-chief of Salamander