Established in 2016 in Joshua Tree, CA by r soos, Cholla Needles celebrates its 100th Issue Anniversary this March 2025. Cholla Needles selects ten to twelve writers for each monthly issue to give the reader a full taste of each writer. In addition to these monthly issues, Cholla Needles publishes two youth (K-12) issues per year. Contributors come from around the globe and regularly include works in translations.
Opening this celebratory issue, Editor r soos comments, “I am often asked how I keep the pace up. The people you read in this issue supply several answers. First, of course, is because I love poets and poetry. But that alone does not answer the question. So, the very same writers you are reading in this issue supply the answer. I cannot, all by my lonesome, keep up the pace. The ten writers in this issue have all edited issues of Cholla Needles on a voluntary basis, and some of them two and three times. They offer me the break I need to take a breath and find time away from the desk. I thank them all for the opportunity AND I thank them all for their professionalism in keeping our literary standards high.”
The editors/writers featured in this issue include Cynthia Anderson, David Chorlton, Tobi Alfier, Juan Delgado, Miriam Sagan, Michael Dwayne Smith, Romaine Washington, John Brantingham, Cati Porter, and Bonnie Bostrom.
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