The Summer 2024 issue of Cool Beans Lit is themed “Deep Dive.” It showcases the work of both new and established authors and artists delving far into their past perspectives and comparing them to new views on what the future may hold in this realm or the next. The pieces in this issue are impactful and will long resonate with readers by triggering a wide range of emotions from deep pain and despair to humor in childhood reflections to honest takes on love and anguish.

Featured authors include Ace Boggess, Sara Eddy, James Roderick Burns, Kenneth Cupp and Jason Clemmons. Stunning photography and visual art by featured artists, like Katie Hughbanks, David A. Goodrum, Robb Kunz, Edward Lee, Amalia Costaldi and Victoria Mullen, is sure to awe and inspire readers. This issue rounds out the first full annual volume for Cool Beans Lit with more unique issues and themes to come.

The Spring 2024 issue of Cool Beans Lit showcases the writing and art of creators expressing their stunning views of nature, technology, magical realism and even mathematics. The pieces in this issue will long resonate with readers and art aficionados alike. Featured authors include J.R. Solonche, Nick Young, Louis Efron, John Muro, Jane Varley and Alison Boulan. Artists include Kelly DuMar, Annika Connor, Gerburg Garmann and Tatjana Krilova. This latest issue contains a wide range of new talent (as young as 17) and established writers, such as a former CBS News correspondent and a National Book Award/Pulitzer Prize-nominated author. One artist is a nine-year improv actor from Saturday Night Live. Worthwhile reading that is sure to stoke the senses.

This winter 2023 issue of Cool Beans Lit is themed “A Light in the Dark.” It showcases the writing and art of talented creators expressing their way out of the shadows either through nature, other worlds, modern technology, family relationships, personal struggles, or mental illness. The pieces are striking and eclectic yet all support the notion that our strength lies in the resiliency of the human spirit. Featured authors include Gina M. Angelone, Corinne Harrison, Kelly Sargent, Bernard Pearson, Brad Shurmantine, and Tom Squitieri. Artists include Anna Maeve, China Lamont, Sheldon Kleeman, and Zoe Stanek. This issue is sure to provide a warm light to your own path this winter season.

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