Edited by the world renowned Himalayan poet, Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Pratik is a purely non-profit literary publication and is published by White Lotus Book Shop, Kathmandu for Mrs. Prabha Adhikary. The magazine was founded by Nepalese poet, Hari Adhikary who along with several distingushed Nepali poets including Mohan Koirala published it initially in Nepali language. The magazine was later revamped and published in English labguage by Yuyutsu Sharma in 1989. Since then, Pratik has become a significant platform of creative writing worldwide.
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Pratik is published quarterly. We welcome contributions of poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews and translations. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with all submissions, which must be ribbon copies or else they will not be returned. Utmost care will be taken of manuscripts but no liability is accepted for loss or damage. Pratik also accepts electronic submissions,
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Recent Issues
Vol. XVII No. 2-3, 2021 Issue, ISSN 2615-998
Pratik : The Ghosts of Paradise – Special Los Angeles SUMMR/FALL 2021 Double Issue
Editor: Yuyutsu Sharma Guest Editor : Tony Barnstone
EIGHTY EIGHT POETS FROM LOS ANGELES
Alexis Rhone Fancher Alice Pero Alicia Vogl Saenz Ambika Talwar Amin Esmaielpour Amy Uyematsu André Naffis-Sahely Ariel Horton Arthur Vogelsang Bilal Shaw Bill Mohr Blas Falconer Brenda Yates Brendan Constantine Caley O’Dwyer Carine Topal Carol Muske-Dukes Carol V. Davis Cathy Colman Cati Porter Cece Peri Cecilia Woloch Charles Harper Webb Charlotte Davidson Charlotte Innes Deena Metzger Dennis McGonagle Dorothy Barresi Douglas Manuel Elizabeth Iannaci Elline Lipkin Elena Karina Byrne Frank X. Gaspar Gail Wronsky Genevieve Kaplan Grant Hier Gregory Brooker Hélène Cardona Ian Randall Wilson James Ragan Jeanette Clough Jerry Garcia Jim Natal John Menaghan John Brantingham John Fitzgerald Judith Pacht Judy Kronenfeld Karen Kevorkian Kate Gale Kevin Durkin Kim Dower Laurel Ann Bogen Lavina Blossom Leilani Hall Leslie Monsour Lois P. Jones Lory Bedikian Luis J. Rodriguez Lynne Thompson Mariano Zaro Marjorie Becker Mark Irwin Marsha de la O Martha Ronk Mary Fitzpatrick Maurya Simon Melissa Kerry Micah Chatterton Michael C. Ford Michelle Bitting Mike Sonksen Patty Seyburn Ralph Angel Ramón García Rick Bursky Ron Koertge Sarah Maclay Scott Noon Creley Shannon Phillips Sherman Pearl Sholeh Wolpé Stephanie Brown Susan McCabe Suzanne Lummis Terry Wolverton Timothy Steele Tony Barnstone Vandana Khanna William Archila Yvonne M. Estrada Zaria Branch
ESSAYS
Dana Gioia Tom Lutz Juan Felipe Herrera
Elena Karina Byrne & Elizabeth Iannaci
ART BY
Alexandra Eldridge, Amin Mansouri, Caley O’Dwyer, David Sloan
Now available on Amazon USA, Canada, UK and India
Pratik : Spring 2021, XV1 No 1,
Edited by Yuyutsu Sharma
Baudelaire 200 Years!
Ten Poets celebrate the Birth Anniversary of the French Poet
Stéphane Mallarmé R J Dent Linda Morales Caballero Fred Johnston José Manuel Cardona Nina Kossman Peter O’Neill Hélène Cardona Yan Kouton John Fitzgerald Daniel Wade
Thirteen Slovenian Poets
Milan Dekleva Maja Vidmar Barbara Korun Veronika Dintinjana Uroš Zupan
Boris A. Novak Brane Mozetič Jure Jakob Miklavž Komelj Milan Jesih
Primož Čučnik Peter Semolič Kristian Kožel
Slovenian novelist, Evald Flisar on Art of Fiction
Eleven German Poets
Reiner Kunze Helga M. Novak Karl Greisinger Margaret Saine Barbara Koehler Axel Görlach Abdulkadir Musa Silke Scheuermann Thilo Krause Nadja Küchenmeister Ulrike Almut Sandig
Twelve Hebrew Poets
Hedva Harechavi Mordechai Geldman Ronny Someck Admiel Kosman Yael Globerman Gilad Meiri Tal Nitzan Eli Eliahu Anat Zecharia Roy Chicky Arad Noam Partom Noa Shakargy
An Excerpt from Ravi Shankar’s Upcoming Memoir, Correctional
Featuring
Fiona Sampson, Emer Davis & Ira Marušič
BOOK TALK :ROBERT SCOTTO : What I Wrote After I Didn’t Have To Write For A Living
BOOK REVIEWS : Yuyutsu Sharma on The Light We Cannot See by Anne Casey, Svetlana Lavochkina on Come Down: Poems by Fiona Sampson, Santhosh Babu on One Love, And The Many Lives Of Osip B : A Novel by C. P. Surendran, & Susan Connolly on Postcards From India by Emer Davis ‘
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