"Counterman"
by Paul Violi
Shiny Magazine
Number 13

Paul Violi:

Paul Violi's next book Scramble and Glide is forthcoming from Hanging Loose Press. Recipent of the Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and many other awards, he teaches at Columbia University and in the graduate program at New School University.

About Shiny:

"Influential."
— Publishers Weekly

"Highly recommended."
— Library Journal

"Shiny Magazine's cosmopolitan distinction makes it a standout among its otherwise worthy fellows."
— Harry Mathews

"Michael Friedman's journal of poetry... has pushed quiet excellence just about as far as it can go and managed to do a marvelous job of making each issue an event... [W]hat a great journal can (and maybe even should) be."
— Ron Silliman, Silliman's Blog

Since its inception in 1986 in New York City, Shiny has been tracking an influential group of poetry and fiction innovators in a way that has made it a unique venue on the contemporary literary scene. The magazine's profile and following continue to grow. The anthology The Best American Poetry 2004 included six pieces by as many authors from Shiny 12, making Shiny the single biggest source for the 2004 volume. No. 13 includes work by Lydia Davis, John Ashbery, Rae Armantrout, Leslie Scalapino, Merrill Gilfillan, Bernadette Mayer, Ron Padgett, Paul Violi, Alan Bernheimer, Michael Gizzi, Geoffrey Young, Cole Swensen and many others, including a number of emerging talents. Past issues have included work by Harry Mathews, Lyn Hejinian, Kenneth Koch, Jacques Roubaud, Rosmarie Waldrop, Clark Coolidge, Dennis Cooper, Joe Brainard, John Wieners, Fielding Dawson, Bob Perelman, Ted Berrigan, Tim Dlugos, Ron Silliman, Kit Robinson, Stephen Rodefer, Bruce Andrews, Tom Raworth, Eileen Myles, John Godfrey and Jackson Mac Low.

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