April 2011 – Little Patuxent Review

Writing Past Taboo: The Truth Thomas Poetry Workshop

In the Twenty-First Century, the rate of black unemployment is double that of whites in America, and a new Jim Crow exists where there are more black men in jail than were enslaved before the Civil War. Poems that address that pain are no less legitimate than poems about flowers. In the context of creative writing, everyone has something […]

Concerning Craft: Susan Muaddi Darraj

The “Concerning Craft” series introduces Little Patuxent Review contributors, showcases their work and draws back the curtain to reveal a little of what went into producing it. Please meet Susan Muaddi Darraj, fiction writer, critic and editor. She is an Associate Professor of English at Harford Community College, a Lecturer in the graduate writing program at The […]

Concerning Craft: Naomi Thiers

The “Concerning Craft” series introduces Little Patuxent Review contributors, showcases their work and draws back the curtain to reveal a little of what went into producing it. Please meet first-time contributor, poet Naomi Thiers. Naomi grew up in Pittsburgh but has lived in the Washington, DC area since 1980. In 1993, her first book of poetry, Only […]