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Poetry and Music: Songs of Salcman

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Music starts with sound and silence. As such, music and literature likely arose as a single entity. Even as the two drew apart, they maintained a continuum, causing Alphonse de Lamartine to state, “Music is the literature of the heart; it commences … Continue reading →

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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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Book Review: Jen Michalski’s Could You Be with Her Now

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Jen Michalski explores what it means to be vulnerable in a modern society. At first blush, it appears that the only thing that the two novellas that comprise Jen Michalski’s collection Could You Be With Her Now have in common is … Continue reading →

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Print Issue Preview: 30 Authors and Artists Address Doubt

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

For our first 12 print issues, you’ve had to wait for the launch party to sneak a peek at what’s inside. But seeing that 13 is a lucky number and our Issue 13 comes out at the start of 2013, a most … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore MD, Columbia MD, Doubt, Essays, Literary Journals, Painting, Poetry, Prose, Publishing, Readings, Short Fiction, The Bible, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Columbia MD, Craft, Doubt, George Saunders, Paul Durcan, Poetry, Prose, Readings, Short Fiction, TS Eliot, Videos, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Dealing with Doubt: After Midnight

Posted on January 8, 2013 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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Delving into Doubt: The Doubtful Virtue of Religious Certainty

Posted on January 3, 2013 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 Columbia MD, Doubt, Essays, Novels, Religion, TS Eliot, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Images of War and Immigration: Pantea Tofangchi

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

When we think of immigration we often do not consider that it is fundamentally a sensory experience and, to a great extent, a visual one. It is an experience of the urgent and compelling power of images, of still frames … 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 →

Posted in Audacity, Brevard College, Craft, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, North Carolina, University of North Carolina, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 →

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