A literary/artistic collaboration every month for you to download, print, and post. http://www.broadsidedpress.org <p>We know, we know... it's early. But the fearless editor is on the road, with limited access to an internet connection, so rather than make you wait for the next Broadsided, we thought we'd publish a few days early. <p><img alt="comp" src="http:// www.broadsidedpress.org/images/2010/67-extirp-sm.jpg" width="200" height="150" hspace="4" align="left" border="1" /> <b>"Extirpation" <br>Poem by Keith Ekiss, art by Douglas Culhane</b> <p>Writer <b>Keith Ekiss</b> is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer in Poetry at Stanford University and the past recipient of scholarships and residencies from the Bread Loaf and Squaw Valley Writers' Conferences, Santa Fe Art Institute, Millay Colony for the Arts, and the Petrified Forest National Park. He is the author of "Pima Road Notebook" (New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2010), which includes this poem. <br>Artist <b>Douglas Culhane</b> works in sculpture and drawing. He has exhibited in New York and New England. See more of his work at www.douglasculhane.com. <p><b>Collaborators' Q&A</b>: <br><i>This was an especially interesting collaboration for me. The theme and imagery of Keith's poem drew me in, as I lived with it I realized that it was also built on words with social and political weight.... I feel like my role in the collaboration was to amplify the imagery--what was alluded to, but absent. Given the events in the Gulf this summer, this project speaks to deep and urgent concerns for all of us. </i> <br>Read more of <a href="http://www.broadsidedpress.org/qa/2010/09sept.shtml">what Douglas and Keith had to say</a> about their Broadsided experience. <p>—Visit <a href="http://www.broadsidedpress.org">www.broadsidedpress.org</a> to get the full broadside. <p><b>New Vectors - Vector News</b>: <br>We have new Vectors in St. Paul, MN and Niles, MI. Are you printing and posting Broadsided? You're a Vector. Email us at broadsided@gmail.com to tell us where. The <a href="http://www.broadsidedpress.org/vectormap.shtml">vector map</a> is filling out! <p><img alt="comp" src="http:// www.broadsidedpress.org/images/vectorized/coffeenews.jpg" width="90" height="150" hspace="4" align="left" border="1" /> <b>Vector Gallery</b> <br>All the essentials: coffee, newspaper, and Broadsided. Send us your <a href="http://www.broadsidedpress.org/vectorized.shtml">pictures from Vectorhood</a>! <p><b>Word on the Street: Vector Voices</b> <br>Over the years, you've shared great stories with us. We love them, and we realize they're too good to keep to ourselves. So we started a page with some of our favorites, including one from someone stranded in Iceland by the volcano. If you've got a story to share, please send it our way. We'll gladly add it! <br><a href="http://www.broadsidedpress.org/voices.shtml">Read their words!</a> <p>With Thanks, <br>Elizabeth Bradfield, Sean Hill, and Alexandra Teague http://www.broadsidedpress.org