JANUARY 2022
Live Encounters American Poets & Writers
David Rigsbee – Guest Editorial
Richard Krawiec
Jaki Shelton Green
Glenis Redmond
Ali Black
Carolyne Wright
Joseph Bathanti
Sara Cahill Marron
Bob Herz
John Hoppenthaler
Luther Jett
Indran Amirthanayagam
John Philip Drury
Margo Taft Stever
Michael Simms
Alexis Rhone Fancher
Michael Waters
Jim Clark
Joanna Solfrian
Tim Tomlinson
Chard DeNiord
Scott Dodgson
Angela Patten
Peter Makuck
Mihaela Moscaliuc
Perie Longo
Serena Agusto-Cox
Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Angie Dribben
Susana H Chase
Catherine Gonick
Bukong Tuon
Sue D. Burton
Carol Ann Wilburn
Armando Padron-Cruz
Live Encounters Poetry & Writing
Randhir Khare
David Adès
Richard W Halperin
Fergus Hogan
Eileen Casey
Ron Carey
Peter O’Neill
Caterina Mastroianni
Margaret Kiernan
Maria McDonnell
FEBRUARY 2022
Noel Monahan
Matthew Graham
Jeannine Pitas
Fred Johnston
Gaynor Kane
Greta Sykes
Joe Dolce
John Grey
Richard W Halperin
Vinny Glynn-Steed
MARCH 2022
Jordan Smith – guest editorial
Terry McDonagh
Thomas McCarthy
Paul Minx
Randhir Khare
Judith Baumel
Anton Floyd
DeWitt Clinton
Peter O’Neill
Fred Everett Maus
Carmen-Francesca Banciu
Lynn Strongin
Richard W Halperin
Tim Tomlinson
APRIL SPRING 2022
Justin Lowe – guest editorial
David Rigsbee
Angela Costi
Anna Yin
Anne Elvey
Audrey Molloy
Ben Hession
Beth Spencer
Brian Kirk
Cathy Altmann
David Brooks
Davide Angelo
Dominique Hecq
Elsa Korneti
Emilie Collyer
Enda Coyle-Greene
Eugen Bacon
Esther Ottaway
Fotoula Reynolds
Gail Ingram
Gayelene Carbis
Gillian Swain
Graham Allen
Hélène Cardona
Irina Frolova
Jane Frank
Jena Woodhouse
John Liddy
John Robert Grogan
Julia Kaylock
Ka Rees
Kate McNamara
Kelly Van Nelson
Kit Willett
Lee Upton
Lincoln Jacques
Lisa C Taylor
Luciana Croci
Magdalena Ball
Manuela Palacios
Mark Tredinnick
Matina Doumos
Michael J Leach
Miriam Hechtman
Ndue Ukaj
Patricia Sykes
Peter Boyle
Phillip Hall
Pratibha Castle
Richard W Halperin
Roberta Beary
Roisin Brown
Ruairí de Barra
Tony Hozeny
Tracie Lark
Tricia Dearborn
Yuyutsu Sharma
Paul Brookes – Book review
May 2022
Tim Tomlinson – Guest editorial
Adam Narnst
Angelo R. Lacuesta
Ann-Margaret Lim
Ashley Somwaru
Bob D’Costa
Damiano Abeni
Dean Kerrison
Deedle Rodriguez Tomlinson
Dr Sally Breen
E.R. Pulgar
Heather Altfeld
Jacqueline Bishop
Jesse Boyer Klein
John Grey
Julia Prendergast
Julie Batten
Kenneth Hickey
Kevin Boyle
Kim Addonizio
Lakan Uhay Alegre
Lisa López Smith
M. G. Stephens
Millicent A.A. Graham
Moira Egan
Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Popi Laudico
Rafael E. Fajer Camus
Ravi Shankar
Richard W. Halperin
Robbi Nester
Stephen Policoff
Susanna Horng
Thaddeus Rutkowski
Thomas Mar Wee
Troy Jollimore
Vasilis Manousakis
JUNE 2022 – LE P&W
Michael Simms – Guest Editorial
Doug Anderson
Sandy Solomon
Dawn Potter
Jose Padua
James Crews
Bob Herz
Catherine Gonick
Clair Chilvers
David Ades
Luther Jett
Michael Waters
John Philip Drury
Richard W Halperin
Yahia Lababidi
Julian Matthews
Verena Durrer
JUNE 2022 – LE ARAB P&W
Guest Editorial by Jonas Elbousty & Osama Esber
Jonas Elbousty
Osama Esber
Abderrahim El Khassar
Adel Khozam
Ahmed Almulla
Aisha Al Saifi
Akram Alkatreb
Ali Al Ameri
Asmaa Azaizeh
Azmy Abdel Wahab
Elkhidr Choudar
Fadi Saad
Firas Sulaiman
Furat Esbir
Hashem Shafiq
Hassan Najmi
Jawdat Fakhreddine
Kahtan Mahboub Mandwee
Khaled Bensalah
Miled Faiza
Mohamed Ahmed Bennis
Nagat Ali
Narin Derky
Qassem Haddad
Sinan Antoon
Wafai Laila
JUNE 2022 – LE Young Poets & Writers
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Eileen Casey – Guest Editorial
Contributors are first year/second year students
at Ériu Community College, Barnwell Road, Hansfield, Dublin 15
Alanah Shakespeare
Alkendaa Al Salamat
Domas Tumenas
Noreen Aby
Dieulevet Oliveira
Ahmad Khan
Talya Ahmed
Steve Sam
Nicolas Minac
Klara Venclovaviciute
Veronica Gone
Modestas Mogenis
Alex Losty McGrail
JULY 2022
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Terry McDonagh – Guest Editorial
Denise O’Hagan
Jordan Smith
Nancy Avery Dafoe
Laura Foley
Dirk van Nouhuys
Sharon Fagan McDermott
Ndue Ukaj
Lawdenmarc Decamora
Yan Kouton
Frances Browner
Anne McDonald
Karen Mooney
Greta Sykes
John D. Kelly
Hiram Larew
Lynn Strongin
AUGUST 2022
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Editorial
Tributes by:
Christine O’Brien
Bill O’Brien
Terry McDonagh
Lynda Tavakoli
Bernadette Gallagher
Shanta Acharya
Anton Floyd
Featuring John’s work published in Live Encounters over the years:
Aloysius the Great – Part I
Aloysius the Great – Part II
Aloysius the Great – Part III
Aloysius the Great – Part IV
Aloysius the Great – Part V
Haiku: A Baker’s Dozen
Haiku: Poems Pennyeach
Poems Ha’penny Each
James Walton, Review of
John Maxwell O’Brien’s Aloysius The Great
Extract from
Alexander The Great, A Lyrical Biography
by Christine O’Brien & John Maxwell O’Brien
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
VOLUME ONE
Geraldine Mills
Terry McDonagh
Anthony DiMatteo
Henry Briffa
Richard W. Halperin
Emma Lee
Fred Everett Maus
John Grey
Kate Ennals
Robbi Nester
Phyllis Klein
Nagat Ali
Jonas Elbousty
Omar Shabanah
Tarek Eltayeb
Ahmad Al-Shahawy
VOLUME TWO
Peter Ramm – Guest Editorial
Edward Caruso
Fred Johnston
Justin Lowe
Kate McNamara
Michael Minassian
Ray Whitaker
Raine Geoghegan
Pratibha Castle
Shanta Acharya
Wendy J Dunn
Alaa Khaled
Hatif Janabi
Kadhem Khanjar
Mohamed Miloud Gharrafi
Theresa Griffin Kennedy
Dr. John Samuel Tieman
OCTOBER 2022
Sinéad McClure – Guest Editorial
Kim Ports Parsons
Gary Fincke
John Samuel Tieman
Sven Kretzschmar
Sanjeev Sethi
Finbar Lennon
Lamia Makaddam
Margaret Kiernan
Wendy J Dunn
Kate McNamara
Terry McDongah
Graham Allen
/Kenneth Hickey
Micah Horton
/Les Wicks
Lynn Strongin
DECEMBER 2022
VOLUME ONE
Terry McDonagh – Guest Editorial
Emma Barone
Alexis Rhone Fancher
Alisa Velaj
Anne Casey
Anni Wilton-Jones
Bernadette Gallagher
Breda Wall Ryan
Doreen Duffy
Eamonn Lynskey
Fred Johnston
Fred Everette Maus
Geraldine Mills
Ian Watson
Ingrid Storholmen
Jim Burke
Kate Ennals
KA Rees
Lincoln Jaques
Lisa C Taylor
Louise Wakeling
Mari Maxwell
Maurice Devitt
Michael Durack
Ndue Ukaj
Nessa O’Mahony
Philip Muir
Sinead McClure
Tarek Eltayeb
Terri Metcalfe
Yan Kouton
Frances Cannon
Daniel Lusk
VOLUME TWO
Angela Patten – Guest editorial
Emma Barone
Alan Walowitz
Alex Skovron
Angela Costi
Anne McDonald
Brian Kirk
Chad Norman
Charlotte Innes
Gordon Ferris
Hedy Habra
Jean O’Brien
John W Sexton
Jordan Smith
Katie Burke
Maeve McKenna
Margaret Kiernan
Mark Tredinnick
Mary Scheurer
Michael Farry
Michael Simms
Nagat Ali
Nidhi Srivastava Asthana
Noel Duffy
Noel Monahan
Rafael E Fajer Camus
Ray Whitaker
Serena Augusto-Cox
Sven Kretzschmar
Susan Condon
Susana H Case
Vasilis Manousakis
Wendy J Dunn
VOLUME THREE
Thomas McCarthy – Guest Editorial
Emma Barone
Anna Yin
Anne M Carson
Betsy Mars
Bob Herz
Edward Caruso
Eileen Casey
Emilie Collyer
Gary Fincke
James Walton
John Philip Drury
Justin Lowe
Kate McNamara
Kelly Van Nelson
Les Wicks
Lorraine Gibson
Margaret Bradstock
Maria A Miraglia
Michael J Leach
Michael Waters
Penelope Layland
Philip Gross
Pippa Little
Pratibha Castle
Raine Geoghegan
Richard W Halperin
Robbi Nester
Roisin Browne
Tracy Gaughan
Yani Li
VOLUME FOUR
David Rigsbee -Guest editorial
Emma Barone
Anton Floyd
Banciu Carmen-Francesca
Barbara Crooker
Beth Copeland
David Ades
Dominique Hecq
Elsa Korneti
Esther Ottoway
Eugen Bacon
Gail Ingram
Graham Allen
Greta Sykes
Henry Briffa
Irina Frolova
Jane Frank
John Grey
John Samuel Tieman
Kenneth Hickey
Marion May Campbell
M L Williams
Moyra Donaldson
Patricia Sykes
Patricia Walsh
Peter O’Neill
Polly Richardson
Ron Carey
Scott Thomas Outlar
Stephen Haven
Thaddeus Rutkowski
Wiltrud Dull