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I started Free Lunch after I had a bout with cancer and was
trying to put my life in some perspective. I thought about how important
poetry had been to me my whole life and how much it had given to me.
So, I thought, I want to give something back to poetry and poets. So
that's when I got the idea for Free Lunch. I would give serious
poets living in the U.S. a free subscription to my magazine. That list
nears 1200 now. Also, I made a promise to myself that I would comment
as best I could on all work sbmitted to me. As a poet myself, I knew
how dispiriting it was to get a printed rejection slip with no indication
as to why my work was being rejected. I feel that this commitment to
commenting on submissions is just one of the unique qualities of Free
Lunch."
--Ron
Offen, Editor
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