Category Archives: Writers

There’s Reading, Then There’s the Reading

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

I’m told that I overthink things. But once you start thinking, simple things can become complicated. So you have to think some more. Take the literary reading. Of course, you have to have one. Even if there are perfectly good … Continue reading →

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More Words = More Reasons to Revise

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

Big news! Little Patuxent Review finally upped the limit for fiction submissions to 5000 words. We’ve been gradually heading in that direction over the past few years, but this opens up LPR to even more great stories by talented writers who’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft, Essays, Francine Prose, Jack Kerouac, James Wood, Publishing, Short Fiction, Submissions, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Delighting in Doubt: Mystery, Crime and Spy Stories

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Between belief and disbelief, certainty and uncertainty, trust and distrust lies doubt. Doubt can be deliberate questioning or a state of indecision, resulting in a reassessment of what reality means or a paralyzing suspension between contradictory propositions. An uncomfortable condition, … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore MD, Books, Doubt, John le Carré, Man Booker International Prize, Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Northern Virginia, Novels, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Delving into Doubt: Worship No Idols

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

Between belief and disbelief, certainty and uncertainty, trust and distrust lies doubt. Doubt can be deliberate questioning or a state of indecision, resulting in a reassessment of what reality means or a paralyzing suspension between contradictory propositions. An uncomfortable condition, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Michael Kimball’s Big Ray

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

You know you ought to look away. The Brahma bull is jack-knifing like a crazed 18-wheeler. Any moment now, it will throw the rider up into the air like just another clod of dirt. Then as he lies flat on … Continue reading →

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Reader Response: The REAL Lucille Clifton

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

We love getting your reactions to the material that we post. If your message contains new information or images relevant to one of our posts, we’ll even publish it as a separate piece. Here’s what one of our readers, also … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore MD, Blogs, CityLit Project, Essays, Ezra Pound, Gwendolyn Brooks, HL Mencken, International Herald Tribune, Literary Journals, Lucille Clifton, Poetry, Raymond Carver Short Fiction Competition, Readings, The Baltimore Sun, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Dear Elvira: Regarding [Literary] Diets and Cats

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

Before we bid adieu to audacity (the theme of our Summer 2012 issue) and begin to entertain doubt (the theme of our Winter 2013 issue), I’ve slipped in something any literary review of repute requires: an advice column, complete with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice Columns, Audacity, Blogs, Books, Cats, Dieting, Dogs, Doubt, Ewing Galloway, Literary Journals, Muriel Spark, Novels, Photographers, Photography, Publishing, Rivers, The Times Literary Supplement, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Concerning Craft: Sally Rosen Kindred

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

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 Sally Rosen Kindred. Sally’s first full-length poetry book No Eden was … Continue reading →

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Shapeshifting Through a Short Story Collection

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Depending on the shine of light or the turn of a page, author Edith Pearlman shifts from the point of view of a lost six-year-old girl to an addict of a drug made from a Brazilian beetle. From a fed-up … Continue reading →

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Self-Interview: Clarinda Harriss

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Writers agonize over the every word, then painstakingly revise and edit. And visual artists tend to communicate best at the preverbal level. So the prospect of having to spew spontaneous utterances at the behest of a stranger can be unnerving. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Books, Child Abuse, Interviews, Literary Journals, Poetry, The Paris Review, Vladimir Nabokov, Writers, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments