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Tag Archives: Editors
More Words = More Reasons to Revise
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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A Tribute to Lucille Clifton
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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Our Memorable Audacity Issue
Audacity and I had a test of wills a few weeks ago. On a whim, I’d signed up my teenaged son, my brother–eight years my junior–and myself for a mud run. We had eight weeks to train for the run, … Continue reading
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Self-Interview: Clarinda Harriss
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
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Meet the Neighbors: Atticus Review
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. At the … Continue reading
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A Day with the Editors, A Night at a Reading
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
I Read, I Think, I Write, I Am: An Interview with Tony Medina
One sunny day last September, poet Truth Thomas, guest editor of our Winter 2012 Social Justice issue, sat down to talk with his mentor and friend Tony Medina on the front porch of the Molly Bannakay House on the grounds of the Benjamin … Continue reading
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LPR at Five: Who We Are Now
With our tenth publication, the Make Believe issue, we reached our fifth year. Before the launch of the eleventh, the landmark Social Justice issue, we’re pausing to look at what we are, where we’ve been and where we’re going. One of our … Continue reading
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Meet the Neighbors: The Baltimore Review
A journal like 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. These are … Continue reading
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