:: Common Ground Review - New Affilation ::

Common Ground Review And
Western New England College Affiliate

January, 2006

Common Ground Review is the official poetry journal of Western New England College (WNEC).

Richard Bentley and Editor Larry O'Brien , instructors in the English department, approached department chair Chip Rhodes with the idea for the joint venture. Larry O'Brien is one of the founding members of Common Ground Writers' Group, publishers of the internationally known poetry journal.

Funding will allow Common Ground Review to upgrade the publication to a perfect binding; advertise broadly; and, as a result, publish more poetry.

More than 280 poets have appeared in
the eighteen volumes published to date. Submissions have come from all over the United States and as far away as Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, and South Africa.

Affiliation with the college will also provide opportunities for student interns to share in the publication experience of the editorial staff.

The editors of Common Ground Review welcome English Department Chair Professor Winthrop "Chip" Rhodes to our editorial board.

The Editors

Please continue to send your submissions to our regular address. (Follow this link)

Western New England College, located in West
Springfield , Massachusetts, has a faculty of 164
full-time instructors of whom 90 percent have
received their terminal degrees. The College also
has 174 adjunct instructors who share specialized knowledge and professional experience with their
students.

The College enrolls approximately 4,000 students:
2,400 full-time undergraduates, 600 in full and
part-time programs in the School of Law, and approximately 1,000 in part-time undergraduate
and graduate programs offered on seven campus sites throughout the Commonwealth.

Meet members of WNEC's English Department