2River is a site of poetry and art, quarterly publishing the 2River View and occasionally publishing individual authors in the 2River Chapbook Series. 2River's first home, in 1996, was on the Daemen College webserver in Buffalo, New York. As the site grew and the editor moved, 2River migrated to a hosted web service and acquired its own domain. In 2006, 2River continues to publish online out of St. Louis, Missouri. The ten years of continuous publication make it one of the oldest online and most respected literary magazines on the internet. Poetry (from Ancient Greek: (poiéo/poió) = I create) is traditionally a written art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... A chapbook is an item of popular literature, as would have formed part of the stock of a chapman, peddler, or other itinerant trader. ... A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense — including the short story, poetry and essay — and also literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews, letters and gossip. ...

External links

• 2River's website