About Ilse Munro
Ilse Munro was born in Latvia and arrived in the United States as a five-year-old war refugee. She was employed as a NASA and Defense Department consultant before turning to writing. Her short fiction, which will form the linked collection Cold and Hungry and Far From Home, has appeared in TriQuarterly and Atticus Review. She is working on a novel, Anna Noon, and serves as Online Editor at Little Patuxent Review. She resides in a 1830s millworker’s house on the Patapsco River and is a co-founder of the Oella Community Garden.
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The other day, I came across photographs of the audacious Russian street-art group Voina. What struck me most was how ordinary the members looked. They could have easily been any undergrads from any American campus. Yet, the Russian government has brought … Continue reading →
A journal like Little Patuxent Review requires a vibrant literary and artistic community to thrive–and even survive. In appreciation of the cultural entities around us, we present “Meet the Neighbors,” where we provide you with some personal introductions. At the … Continue reading →
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Audacity defines the best and worst within us. It is boldness or daring, accompanied by confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought or other restrictions. It is also effrontery, insolence or shamelessness. The “Audacious Ideas” essay series celebrates … Continue reading →
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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 Paul Lamb. His stories have appeared in Bartleby Snopes, Danse Macabre, … Continue reading →
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Audacity defines the best and worst within us. It is boldness or daring, accompanied by confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought or other restrictions. It is also effrontery, insolence or shamelessness. The “Audacious Ideas” essay series celebrates … Continue reading →
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. Last I saw Greg McBride, he was giving a poetry reading at The Writer’s … Continue reading →
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One sunny day last September, poet Truth Thomas, guest editor of our Winter 2012 Social Justice issue, sat down to talk with his mentor and friend Tony Medina on the front porch of the Molly Bannakay House on the grounds of the Benjamin … Continue reading →
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Audacity defines the best and worst within us. It is boldness or daring, accompanied by confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought or other restrictions. It is also effrontery, insolence or shamelessness. The “Audacious Ideas” essay series celebrates … Continue reading →
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This essay is part of a series inspired by our Winter 2012 Social Justice issue. The first one was posted September 2011, and all feature people who have helped make marginalized segments of our world more visible to mainstream America through poetry, prose and visual art. … Continue reading →
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I love those times when I know precisely how to proceed. When starting the “Audacious Ideas” series dedicated to the Little Patuxent Review 2012 Summer Audacity issue, there was no doubt what I wanted to feature first: the American Visionary Art … Continue reading →
Ilse Munro
Laura Shovan
Truth Thomas
Susan Thornton Hobby
Linda Joy Burke
C Wallace Walker
Bruce Sager
Gregory Luce
Patricia Jakovich VanAmburg
Lynn Weber
Jen Grow
