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Category Archives: Poetry
Concerning Craft: Dylan Bargteil
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 Dylan Bargteil. Dylan is an undergraduate physics and math major at … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Essays, Literary Journals, Maryland, Poetry, Readings, Social Justice, Stylus, University of Maryland, Writers, Writing
Tagged Blogs, Craft, Essays, Literary Journals, Poetry, Publishing, Readings, Social Justice, Writing
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An “Excellent” Experiment
For my 2011-12 learning improvement project at Howard Community College, I wanted to go textless in my creative writing class. I knew that I could post materials for theory, genres and writing elements in our online supplemental classroom. But what … Continue reading
On Being Invisible: Our Elderly
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
Posted in Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Austria, Blogs, Christopher Kennedy, Death, Ellicott City MD, Essays, Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, Latvia, Literary Journals, Maryland, Michigan, Mothers, NEA Fellowship, Novels, Pauls Toutonghi, Poetry, Poets, Prose Poem, Refugees, Republic of the Philippines, Syracuse NY, Syracuse University, Writers, Writing
Tagged Poetry, Writing, Books, Publishing, Literary Journals, Fiction, Essays, Blogs, Latvia, Writers, Aging, Death, Alzheimer's Disease, Mothers, Austria, Maryland, Refugees, Phillipines
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LPR Nominates Six for Pushcart Prizes
As a young publication, Little Patuxent Review is more about publishing emerging writers and artists than about winning prizes. Still, toward the end of 2010, one of our contributing editors, Susan Thornton Hobby, nominated Tara Hart’s poem “Patronized,” which appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Contests, Poetry, Pushcart Prize, Readings, Short Fiction, Videos, Writing
Tagged Blogs, Books, Fiction, Literary Journals, Poetry, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing
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Book Review: JoAnn Balingit’s Forage
Like many Poetry Friday regulars, I often assign myself a blog project for National Poetry Month. In 2010, I took readers on virtual road trip around the United States, profiling each state’s poet laureate. (I made it as far as … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Readings, Book Reviews, Blog Posts, Social Justice, Writing, National Poetry Month, Delaware, Republic of the Philippines, Nature, Personal History, Fathers, Mothers, Parents, Families, Immigrants, Poets, Poet Laureate
Tagged Poetry, Writing, Books, Publishing, Literary Journals, Book Reviews, Blogs, Social Justice, Immigrants, Philippines, Poet Laureate, Poets
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Meet the Neighbors: Enoch Pratt Free Library
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. Recently, Little … Continue reading
On Being Invisible: Our Nation’s Incarcerated
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, BrickHouse Books, Clarinda Harriss, Essays, Jessup MD, Literary Journals, Maryland House of Correction, Memoirs, Novels, PEN Prison Writing Program, Plays, Poetry, Prison, Publishing, Race Relations, Readings, Social Justice, Towson University, Writing
Tagged Blogs, Books, Essays, Fiction, Incarceration Rate, Literary Journals, Memoirs, Prison, Publishing, Race Relations, Social Justice, US Census Bureau Statistics, Writing
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Book Review: Famous
“Driving underwater…describes writing poetry to a T,” says Bruce Sager, and, indeed, that phrase almost became the title of Famous, a witty, engaging and rewarding poetry collection. A cruise through the deep with Sager brings delights and surprises of the … Continue reading
On Being Invisible: Foreign Authors
This essay is one of a series inspired by the Little Patuxent Review 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 visible to mainstream America through … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Harper's Ferry National Historical Park, Loch Raven Review, Oppression, Poetry, Poland, Readings, Slavery, Social Justice, The Johns Hopkins University, Translations, UMBC
Tagged Essays, Literary Journals, Oppression, Poetry, Poland, Slavery, Social Justice, Translations, Writing
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Reader Response: A Red Venetian Bottle and Henry Niese
We love getting your reactions to the material we post. If your message contains new information or images relevant to the one of our posts, we’ll even publish it as a separate piece. Here’s what one reader had to say … Continue reading
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