From the Editors:

Issue 12 of Octopus Magazine is now online. The issue features eight poets, each introduced by a peer: Lynn Xu, Heather Christle, Jennifer Knox, Tony Tost, Cathy Park Hong, Christopher Stackhouse, Amanda Nadelberg, Kristi Maxwell

Introduced by: Katie Peterson, Lisa Olstein, K. Silem Mohammad, The Lucipo Poetics List, Arda Collins, Rebecca Wolff, Chris Fischbach, Ann M. Fine

The issue also contains reviews of: Farrah Field, Dobby Gibson, Thomas Hummel, Carrie Hunter, Ellen Kennedy, Melissa Kwasny, Helena Mesa,  Vanessa Place & Robert Fitterman, Robyn Schiff, Jeremy Schmall & Justin Taylor

Reviewed by: Dan Magers , Ben Kopel, Sommer Browning, Kathleen Rooney, Dave Madden, Steven Karl, Karla Kelsey, David Carillo, & David Sewell