May & June 2020
Vol V No III
Not your ordinary poetry magazine!
If good coffee (or just the concept of coffee), great books, sharp wit, and great authors excite you, we are for you!
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eBook versions:
May 2020 eBook March 2020 eBook
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September 2019 eBook July 2019 eBook
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May 2019 eBook March 2019 eBook
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January 2019 eBook November 2018 eBook
September 2018 eBook July 2018 eBook
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June 2018 eBook May 2018 eBook
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April 2018 eBook March 2018 eBook
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Better Than Starbucks is proud
to offer an epic Russian poem,
MTSYRI by Mikhail Lermontov
translated into English by Don Mager.
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April 28, 2020. Re: print issues of Better Than Starbucks:
Last week our print publisher, Lulu, began migration to a new system. Since then, our print and electronic copies have not been available for purchase. Our May issue is online, and contributors will still receive their choice of PDF or eBook. Print copies will not become available until the publisher’s site is fully operational again.
If you’d like an eBook of May 2020 please email us at betterthanstarbucks2@gmail — payment via Paypal or credit card through our 'donate' button — and also ‘pay what you can’ during the lockdown.
May 16, 2020 update. Print issues of May 2020 are now available. The eBook version is not online yet. Email to purchase an epub.
EBook now available through Lulu (scroll down to all eBook links on the left side of the page. — Vera Ignatowitsch
The more issues we sell the closer we will be to our goal of paying more contributors for their work. Thank you all for your support, and for sharing our love of poetry and creative writing. -Vera Ignatowitsch
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check this page for discount offers from our print publisher (updated regularly)
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Send us your comments:
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My compliments to the editors on the broad, rich content of the March 2018 issue of BTS.
I tried the print-on-demand option, wondering what quality would show up from an inexpensive third-party provider. I am very impressed to see such a clean layout and crisp print in a handsome, well-constructed volume. I vote for keeping this option available, and I encourage readers to try it.
Raymond Byrnes
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​I received my copy yesterday and...it is BEAUTIFUL!! Absolutely recommended. - marjon van Bruggen
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