Issue Five

PROFILE: "Man of the Hourglass"

"Like Hitchcock, he quietly sneaks into frame when you least expect it." by L. diBernardo more »

ART: "Amedeo Modigliani"

"Modigliani was the quintessential artist of Montparnasse, that tiny area–about a mile square–which seemed to magically transform artists who moved there." by Ken Wayne and Susan Scholterer more »

FEATURE: "Greed, Anger and Delusion"

Keith Frome explores "The Burning Questions of the Rochester Zen Center." by K.W. Frome more »

Style/FASHION: "The Little Atelier Around the Corner"

Sebastiana Piras opened her narrow storefront at 245 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo only three years ago. Before that, she sewed fashions in California, Jamaica, London and Italy. by L. diBernardo more »

DISTRACTED? Attach things to your Head

"Some laws seem incredibly stupid...now you have to use a headset with your cell phone." by Don Scott more »

"J.S. Bach"

"In his music we revel on the grandeur and awe-inspiring magnificence of the first half of the eighteenth century, the intricate complexity of a dynamic world and the amazing artistic creativity of the time." by JoAnn Falletta more »

SHORT FICTION: "Necklaces"

by Ann Jenkins Enger more »

We Three Kings

"The poems and short fiction featured in Slipstream do not shy away from tackling subjects with strong emotional undercurrents." by Karen Lewis and Jennifer Tappenden more »

"An Artist's Response to 9/11"

"This series of mixed media collages reflect the only way I know how to get through this time." by Terri Katz Kazimov more »

POETRY

by Alison Luterman, Martin Vest and J.P. Dancing Bear more »

Architecture: "Inside Out" FRANK O. GEHRY

"If architecture is 'frozen music', Gehry's architecture looks partially defrosted." by Kevin Connors more »

TRAFFIC JAM: "The Death of the Spirit of Rolling Stone"

by Joe Sweeney more »

ESSAY: "Hunger"

"Once I knew enough to take hard-luck stories with a grain of salt, I started what became my standard practice, offering to buy food for anyone on the street who asked for money." by John Jones more »

Letter from the Editor

My good friend John says this is what it’s all about: more »