Shanna Compton's books include For Girls & Others (2007), Down Spooky (2005), Gamers (2004), and several chapbooks. Her third and fourth poetry books are forthcoming from Bloof Books as a two-volume project; a collection called Brink in fall 2012, and a book-length speculative poem called The Seam in spring 2013. For more, please visit shannacompton.com
Court Green is a poetry journal published annually in association with the Department of English at Columbia College Chicago. Each issue features a dossier on a special topic or theme.
Court Green was named in honor of Sylvia Plath and is the name of the property in Devon, England, where Plath lived and where she wrote her most famous poems, the Ariel poems. The magazine was founded in 2004 by Arielle Greenberg, Tony Trigilio, and David Trinidad.
Poems from Court Green have been included in several volumes of The Best American Poetry. The magazine has also been the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award.
Court GreenIssue 9 - 2012
