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Johnny Cordova

Poet and Editor

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Publications

Poetry 2022 – Present

Main Street Rag (forthcoming) – “When the Music’s Over” & “Killers Start Sad”

New York Quarterly (forthcoming) – “Yangon”

Slipstream (forthcoming) – “In a Silent Way”

Salt Hill Journal (forthcoming) – “A Brief Career as a Prostitute”

Atlanta Review (vol. 29, No. 2, 2023) – “The Shade of Your Tree”

San Pedro River Review (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023) – “Foot Massage”

Nerve Cowboy (No. 50, 2022) – “I Heard the News”

Jelly Bucket (No. 12, 2022) – “On the Way to Yogi Ramsuratkumar Ashram for Chanting”

Poetry 1996 – 2003

Nerve Cowboy (No. 16, 2003) – “All Things Considered” & “A Comedy in Three Lanes”

Slipstream (No. 23, 2003) – “A Kind of Dance” & “1971 St. John’s Elementary”

The Montserrat Review (No. 7, 2003) – “The King’s Secret”

Shō (No. 2, 2003) – “Upon Seeing the Body of a Friend”

Shō (No. 1, 2002, edited by Sita Martin) – “A Dog, a Man, and a Girl,” “Crazy Horse Driving,” “The Toughest Kid in Town,” “Culture Clash,” “Leaving the World of Boys,” “Dominatrix,” “Hotel Julio,” “It Was a Bad Night for Both of Us,” “The Roses on My Desk,” “What Happened to Gypsy”

The Ledge (No. 26, 2002) – “The Father”

Nerve Cowboy (No. 14, 2002) – “Lip Gloss”

Chance Magazine (No. 15, 2002) – “Waiting on Words”

Slipstream (No. 22, 2002; Pushcart Prize Nominee) – “The Problem With Little Fish”

Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2002) – “A Fight Broke Out on the Sidewalk”

Chiron Review (No. 67, 2001) – “The Retarded Girl on the Corner”

Atlanta Review (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001) – “Old Hustlers”

Chiron Review (No. 66, 2001) – “Gas Money”

The Montserrat Review (No. 5, 2001) – “First Snow” & “Your Wife”

Nerve Cowboy (No. 12, 2001) – “My Grandmother’s Last Days,” “Two,” “The Muse Appears at Cheetah’s Strip Club”

Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2001) – “Little Did I Know”

Chiron Review (No. 65, 2001) – “1984,” “If You Meet the Buddha at the Flea Market,” “Wild Dogs Don’t Bark,” “War Zone”

Slipstream (No. 21, 2001) – “Scars”

Long Shot (No. 23, 2000) – “Fires”

Chiron Review (No. 63, 2000) – “Special Deal,” “Live Sex Show,” “Big Bony Hands,” “Some Men and Others,” “In a Gay Bar with Her”

Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2000; Puschcart Prize Nominee) – “Ally”

Chiron Review (No. 62, 2000) – “Brothers”

The American Dissident (No. 1, 1999) – “The American Public School System Goes up in Flames” & “Ghetto Instruction”

Slipstream (No. 16, 1996) – “Nuances”

Short Stories

Beloit Fiction Journal (Vol. 12, No. 1, 1997) – “Salt and Pepper”

Portland Review (Vol. 44, No. 1, 1996) – “Allison’s Dance”

New Orleans Review (Vol. 21, No. 1, 1995) – “Earth Day”

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