One Hundred Thousand. A number so large I can’t even picture having that much of any one thing. When LPR poetry editor Laura Shovan first uttered that phrase to me, I misheard her and instead pictured 10,000 Maniacs, one of my favorite bands. Strains of “Verdi Cries” came to mind. “Are they coming in concert?” […]
Read More…When the Winter 2016 theme of Myth was announced to the LPR staff, I felt a flutter of possibility ripple through my body. I’d just returned from Italy, having done my fair share of cavorting before various Roman temples, and my mind immediately turned to the Medusa myth. As my eldest son tells it, Athena came upon […]
Read More…Last Friday’s post was an interview with geographer and poet Michael Ratcliffe, whose chapbook, Shards of Blue, will be published Aug. 21 by Finishing Line Press. As a special preview, Michael has agreed to share a couple of poems with Little Patuxent Review readers. SHE WILL NOT THIRST AGAIN John and Mary, Smith County, Kansas, […]
Read More…Mike Ratcliffe is the kind of man one loves to spend the afternoon with, whether biking or hiking the rolling hills of Central Maryland or – as in my case – meeting over coffee, grown cold, as we discussed everything from poetry to how people identify with place. His bottle brush hair, brown, is shot […]
Read More…On Saturday, June 6, gorgeous sunshine and a perfect 75-degree afternoon graced San Luis Obispo, California, a coastal town halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Despite the inviting weather and the lure of nearby beaches, die-hard literary fans made their way to the Meadow Park Community Room for a “Left-Coast” launch of Little Patuxent […]
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