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Better Than Starbucks
Poetry & Fiction Journal
Published quarterly:
Spring (Mar); Summer (Jun); Autumn ( Sep); Winter (Dec)

November 2022
Vol VII No IV
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Better Than Starbucks Contributors
Full name | Issue(s) | Title(s) of poem(s) / other work | Link to page |
|---|---|---|---|
Ahad Dar, Muzammil | Jan 2018 Vol III No I | lost winter | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2018/international-poetry |
Ahern, Ed | July 2020 Vol V No IV | Homage to a Forgotten Form | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsJul2020/experimental-form-poetry |
Nov 2018 Vol III No IX | 2 haiku | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsnov2018/haiku | |
Ahmad, Faiz | Sept 2018 Vol III No VIII | Evening vignettes, THE FUNERAL THAT DOESN'T END | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btssept2018/international-poetry-india |
Akpu, Sarah Amuche | May 2020 Vol V No III | On His Return | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsmay2020/african-poetry |
Sept 2020 Vol V No V | Fallen Hero | https://betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/sept2020/african-poetry | |
July 2019 Vol IV No IV | To Be A Brilliant Woman in the third world! | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsJul2019/international-poetry | |
May 2019 Vol IV No III | A Courageous Woman Boils the Bananas | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsmay2019/international-poetry | |
Al Wassif, Amirah | May 2020 Vol V No III | we are Aisha, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Rachel | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsmay2020/international-poetry |
Sept 2019 Vol IV No V | who would feed the orphans? | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btssept2019/international-poetry | |
Jan 2019 Vol IV No I | for those who don't know chocolate! | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2019/international-poetry | |
Alayo, Stephen | Mar 2020 Vol V No II | One Day | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsmar2020/african-poetry |
Jan 2020 Vol V No I | Un-Rape Me Uncle | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2020/african-poetry | |
Albert, Charles Joseph | Feb 2017 Vol II No II | I USED TO DREAM | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsFeb2017/formal-rhyming-poetry |
Jan 2017 Vol II No I | LOVE POEM À LA PARKER | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2017/formal-rhyming-poetry | |
Alfier, Jeffrey | Feb 2021 Vol VI No I | Last Postcard from Kraków; The View from Mostowa Street; Return to Las Escobas Restaurante; My Third Jul in Luna County; No Man for the Mountain | https://betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/Feb2021/jeff-alfier-five-poems |
July 2019 Vol IV No IV | The $640 Dinner Date | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsJul2019/flash-fiction | |
June 2018 Vol II No VI | Le Livre en Francais // The Perfect Color to Greet Snow | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjun2018/poetry-free-verse | |
June 2018 Vol II No VI | Flying Weather | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjun2018/flash-fiction | |
Nov 2017 Vol II No XI | how odd to see you//compton 8 mile//Martyna at the Hotel Copernicus, Krakow//Poem for Dad A. | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsnov2017/poetry-free-verse | |
Alfier, Tobi | Nov 2018 Vol III No IX | 4 excerpts from Tobi Alfier's new book Slices of Alice: & Other Character Studies (2018) | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsnov2018/better-than-fiction |
Jan 2020 Vol V No I | Roscoe at the Happy Home Board 'n Care | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2020/flash-fiction | |
Mar 2017 Vol II No III | Venus in all Four Corners | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsmar2017/short-story | |
May 2020 Vol V No III | Landscape of Remembrance | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsmay2020 | |
Feb 2021 Vol VI No I | Interview with Jeffrey Alfier | https://betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/Feb2021/the-interview | |
June 2017 Vol II No VI | Once a Butcher | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjune2017/short-story | |
Alfolabi, Kayode | Feb 2018 Vol III No II | 6 haiku | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsFeb2018/haiku |
Alfredson, Murray | Jan 2018 Vol III No I | The Kurenberger's Falcon Song // On the linden above | https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2018/poetry-translations |
Allain, Angelica | Sept 2020 Vol V No V | Laundry Day | https://betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/sept2020 |
Sept 2020 Vol V No V | I Married a Politician | https://betterthanstarbucks.wixsite.com/sept2020/poetry-free-verse |
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