Category Archives: Ellicott City MD

Book Review: Truth Thomas’s Speak Water

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

I live in an 1830s mill worker’s house on the Patapsco River in the picture-postcard part of Ellicott City, MD. A year ago, Truth Thomas, guest editor for our Winter 2012 Social Justice issue, sat at my dining room table. Before … Continue reading →

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A Day with the Editors, A Night at a Reading

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

It takes audacity and faith in yourself to begin sending work out to publications. We received several submissions from local teens, all for our upcoming Audacity issue. I tracked down these young writers to Corey O’Brien’s Advanced Composition class at … Continue reading →

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On Being Invisible: Our Elderly

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

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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Meet the Neighbors: Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

A journal like the Little Patuxent Review requires a vibrant literary and artistic community to thrive–and even survive. In appreciation of the cultural organizations around us, we present “Meet the Neighbors,” where we provide you with some personal introductions. Please … Continue reading →

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