The next Call for Entries will be announced in the summer.

For more than three decades, Cæsura served its members as a literary newsletter and magazine. Beginning with the 25th anniversary issue in 2005, Cæsura updated its appearance and focus as a literary journal that includes poems, short fiction, non-fiction, critical work, book reviews, and interviews. We hope to provide our members and the public with a compelling mix of work from the established award-winning poet to the burgeoning writer.

Back issues of Cæsura can be purchased by check mailed to:
Poetry Center San José
1650 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112-2599

Most back issues are now closing out at $5 each, which is well below PCSJ's cost for printing. Please specify the date and number of copies you are including payment for. Back issues are also available at many PCSJ events.

Contact us via email at: caesura (at) pcsj.org

2012 The End of the World

December 21, 2012 isn't the first prediction of the end of the world—and certainly, it won't be the last. What is it in the hearts and minds of humans that preoccupies us with our ultimate end? In recent years, we've been hearing about Mayan prophecies, yet more talk of the Rapture, and even predictions of aliens coming down to beam us away. In this issue of Cæsura, poets express surprising optimism and realism in the face of cataclysm.

$15

2011 Brothers and Sisters

at 134 pages, the largest issue to date of Cæsura, featuring an interview with Sally Ashton, Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County, and two of her poems

Read the interview with Sally Ashton here.

$15

A Cæsura Editions 2011 publication:
A Walk to the Center of Things poems by Nils Peterson

PCSJ is proud to present as its first offering in its new publication series, Cæsura Editions, Nils Peterson's A Walk to the Center of Things. Nils Peterson was chosen as the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County because of the many years he spent making poets and poetry available to the public, his encouragement of young writers, and for his own work. This collection confirms the wisdom of that choice. About the book, Jane Hirshfield has said, "A lifetime's attention to both writing and living buoys these intimate, intelligent, sometimes chastened, sometimes celebratory, but always compassionate pages." Joseph Stroud added, "Varied in subject and manner, his poems embody a deep pleasure and wonder in being alive, and they bring us into the company of a larger life." Robert Bly adds Nils Peterson's poems show "great affection for the feminine, and they are wonderfully patient with human confusion." Nils Peterson is Professor Emeritus at San José State University where he taught in the English and Humanities Departments. He has published poetry, science fiction, and articles on subjects as varied as golf and Shakespeare. He was nominated for a 2005 Pushcart Prize. His publications include Here Is No Ordinary Rejoicing, The Comedy of Desire, Driving a Herd of Moose to Durango, For This Day, Revenge of the Socks, and now A Walk to the Center of Things.

The Cæsura Edition A Walk to the Center of Things was sent to PCSJ members and is available for sale at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

2010

includes the 2009 Cæsura Poetry Contest winners, and an interview with Nils Peterson, Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County

$5

Spring 2009

includes work by Ken Letko, Susana H. Case, and Donna J. Gelagotis Lee

$5

Poetry and Writing about Origins
Spring 2008

includes work by Lisa Ortiz, Gary Metras, Ken Pobo, and Joanne Lowery

$5

Poetry or Writing About or Inspired by Other Art Forms
Fall 2007

includes work by Ira Sadoff, Bruce Smith, John Estes, and Christopher Buckley

sold out

Mortality issue
Summer 2007