The Summer 2015 Issue

Includes: Interviews with M.K. Asante and Morna McDermott Poetry by Danuta Kosk-Kosicka and Inga Schmidt Non-Fiction by Steven Coughlin Fiction by Tyler Barton and Kim O’Connell Art by Ian MacLean Davis Order Today Join us at the issue launch on June 13. Details here.

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Summer’s here

Little Patuxent Review Editor Steven Leyva introduces the upcoming Summer 2015 issue. Join us on Saturday, June 13, from 2-4 for the launch reading and reception. Details can be found here. Summer leashes us to euphoria, but not for long. After all, “Summer’s lease hath all too short a date,” as the Bard reminds us. Words fascinate […]

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Seizing Each Moment for Change

When artist Matthew Rice — professionally known as Mateo Blu — was in second grade, he dropped out of school to become a street corner pusher. His drug of choice was candy and he made a mint before his mother caught wind of his escapade. She promptly enrolled him in another school. This was one […]

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Enoch Pratt + LPR = “Sole” mates

When Shaileen Beyer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library contacted Little Patuxent Review to inquire if we’d be interested in partnering for a third year on a statewide poetry contest, we agreed without hesitation. By the time the contest concluded on March 1, nearly 250 entries from 93 cities and towns, representing 17 counties plus Baltimore City, were submitted […]

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Concerning Craft: Ten Ways to Sabotage Your Writing

With all the top ten lists floating around and their cheery “how to succeed” mantras, I thought it might be interesting to take a contrary view. Using John Dufresne‘s “Ten Commandments of Writing” as a launchpad, here’s a twist: Don’t back up your work. After all, you’ve never lost anything before. Use passive voice and exposition. Exclusively. […]

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