StylusLit

March 2026

Issue 19

Autumn!

And welcome to Issue 19 of StylusLit where we interview Australian poets, Mike Ladd and Jane Frank. 

We include poems by Jason Beale, Megan Cartwirght, B. R. Dionysius, Marcelle Freiman, Stephanie Green, Mike Ladd, Harriet Manasa, Mark O’Flynn, Ynes Sanz, Jo Skinner, Barnaby Smith, and Carl Walsh. 

There’s short fiction from Dorothy Johnston, Angela Townsend and creative non-fiction from Malia McCarrick.

Finally, in addition to reviews of Jane Frank’s Gardening on Mars; Kathryn Fry’s To Speak of Grasses, and Ed Southorn’s Pareidolia, we have included a review of Phil Brown’s memoir, Confessions of a Minor Poet, because of his significant and generous contribution to the arts in Australia, and his long-standing support of the vibrant poetry community.

We have implemented a new reviews system and you can read about it at New Books to Review.

Have fun,
Rosanna Licari


Creative Non-fiction

I Left My Underwear on Ellis Island
By Malia McCarrick

Fiction

Of Course I’ll Talk To Verna
By Angela Townsend

The Witnesses
By Dorothy Johnston

New Books to Review

New Books to Review

Poetry

Born Free
By Jason Beale

Dead Giant Wood Moth After a Storm
By B.R. Dionysius

Kintsugi
By Ynes Sanz

Returning (even as …)
By Marcelle Freiman

syzygy
By Carl Walsh

The Passing
By Jo Skinner

Titan arum
By Megan Cartwright

Two Poems
By Mark O'Flynn

Two Poems
By Mike Ladd

Two Poems
By Stephanie Green

vacuum at 11am
By Barnaby Smith

Wintering Monarchs
By Harriet Manasa

Reviews

Confessions of a Minor Poet
By Phil Brown

Gardening on Mars
By Jane Frank

Pareidolia
By Ed Southorn

To Speak of Grasses
By Kathryn Fry