Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters

06/30/2022

I am very pleased to announce publication of the Spring 2022 issue of Assisi (Vol. 8, Issue 2: The Poetry Issue). There is much to enjoy in these pages. I know you will find works that you enjoy, works that engage you, and works you will return to read again.

Table of Contents John J. Brugaletta: Tame Patrick Theron Erickson: A Funeral is Its Own Apology John Garmon: Out Towards Red Rock Farley Egan Green: Objects live on David M. Harris: Jack Dann / Trust John Calvin Hughes: Luke! Luke! Charlene Langfur: The Mountains Around Me Are My Teacher / A Tree,....

12/30/2021

I am very pleased to announce publication of our Fall 2021 issue. You'll encounter old friends and new voices, wonderful poems and stories and art works, and much to find pleasure in as you look through this newest issue of Assisi.

Table of Contents Mark Ari: A Thin Beauty / ToM b / Upon Change Credit for Photo Used in Poems: Matthew B. Brady Untitled, Circa 1850-1860, from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Greg Bayer: God Knows Why Jane Blanchard: Admission / Govan Lorraine Caputo: Epiphany MaKenzie Jean Cop...

07/14/2021

I am happy to announce that Assisi is now a member of the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (clmp).

06/28/2021

It is with great pleasure that I announce the publication of the Spring 2021 issue of Assisi. You can find it here:

Table of Contents Matthew Andrews: Arborist Jane Blanchard: The Fifth Station / The Fourteenth Station Susan Taylor Brand: The Women of the Snarky Coffee Bar Carol Casey: Attention to Details / First Frost / Quantum Shakespeare D.T. Collins: Aya Sunset Combs: The Air I Breathe MaKenzie Jean Copp: Ap...

12/23/2020

I am pleased to announce that the Fall 2020 issue of Assisi has been published. Find it here:

Table of Contents William C. Crawford: Photo From Forensic Captures / From San Francisco Forensics: Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3 Laura E. Creel: In the Hour: A Meditation in Four Elements Lorin Drexler: The Broken Sky Doris Grace: Repression David Handsher: Autopsy / Haiku / When the Curve Changed Base...

06/15/2020

I am very pleased to announce that the new issue of Assisi has just been published. It is full of wonderful and engaging writing and artwork. Please take a look.

Table of Contents Maura Atwood: [Bird] Joe Bisicchia: The Way Amy Bassin & Mark Blickley: Each Memory Died Loved / Leap of Faith / Poised / Taking a Knee / Terminal Blue [These works were originally published in Bassin and Blickley’s Dream Streams (Clare Songbirds Press, New York, 2019).] Dorothy ...

01/31/2020

The move to Saint Joseph's College is complete and the new issue is under construction. We will be launching from SJC with a double issue: Fall 2019/Spring 2020. Projected publication in May 2020. Watch this space.

08/12/2019

The hacked site has been reconstructed, additional layers of security have been added, and you can now see the Spring 2018 issue at assisijournal.org. Nope, the date isn't a typo. We've been fighting hackers for a year; the site would be okay for a day or two, then it would be taken over again. Now it's up and running, and you can find wonderful works by Barbara Crooker, Keith Moul, Laurinda Lind, and others in the newly-reconstructed issue.

12/26/2017

It is with great pleasure that I announce the official publication of Assisi's Fall 2017 issue on the journal's new dedicated web site at

The Fall 2017 Re-Launch of Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters A Publication of St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York Enter Photograph “Foliage, Night” © Alexander Kustanovich 2017