Tag Archives: Audacity

Dear Elvira: Bad Writing and Every Beholder’s Eye

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Before we bade adieu to audacity (the theme of our Summer 2012 issue) and began to entertain doubt (the theme of our Winter 2013 issue), I slipped in something that any literary review of repute requires: an advice column, complete with a fictional columnist. … Continue reading →

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Concerning Craft: Jennifer McGaha

Posted on December 11, 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 Jennifer McGaha, a western North Carolina native who writes about Appalachia. Her stories have … 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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A Tribute to Lucille Clifton

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

Lucille Clifton lived in Columbia, Maryland, where Little Patuxent Review is published. In 1979, Lucille became the second woman and first African-American to serve as Poet Laureate of Maryland. In 1988, she was a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist for Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 and Next: New Poems. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Concerning Craft: Shirley Brewer

Posted on August 16, 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 Shirley J. Brewer. Shirley is a Baltimore, MD poet and educator. Her work … Continue reading →

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Audacity, 50s Style: Part 3

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

(Final installment, continued from Parts 1 and 2) “There’s a certain section of the population that thinks if you’re gay, you’re a pervert,” Carla Mandley informed me. I was speaking with her and Jo Kellum. The two women, both in … Continue reading →

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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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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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Audacity, 50s Style: Part 2

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

(Continued from “Audacity, 50s Style: Part 1″) I met Jo Kellum of the Roc-A-Jets, Baltimore’s first all-girl band, in January. The Ravens still had hopes of going to the Super Bowl, and Jo’s East Baltimore neighborhood was festooned with purple … Continue reading →

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