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The Los Angeles Review is pleased to welcome our Contributing Editor for Issue 8, Mark Doty. (more…)
It’s a happy new year of short stories over at The Short Review, edited by Los Angeles Review contributor Tania Hershman (author of The White Road–Salt Publishing). Check it out!
Read Tania’s story “Dangerous Shoes” in LAR Issue 6.
It sounds completely paranoid, doesn’t it? Fearsome foes pursuing poets at every turn!…. but the truth is, on many days I feel that way, and unless I’m up to engaging in hand-to-hand combat, I may very well lose that day’s battle.
In the last week or so I’ve been nearby when two close friends, in separate incidents, lost their respective car keys. We’re smack in the middle of winter here in New York; each friend had been wearing a heavy coat with roughly 100 pockets. We’re all teachers, too, and tend to carry bags with 1000 compartments. Because I was on hand, and because I can’t bear the thought of incidental and avoidable loss, I joined in the searches for the keys. (more…)
Jumping into the Translations Editor seat for the Los Angeles Review gave me a lot to think about straight off the bat. First, I really had no idea how to tackle all of the rights and permissions involved with printing work translated by someone other than the original author. Thankfully, I had many mentors in the field with whom I could converse about such tricky matters, and was able to navigate my way through my first reading period. (more…)
Issue Six features reviews by Randall Brown on Michael Czyzniejewski, Joseph P. Wood on Robyn Schiff, Joe Ponepinto on Laird Hunt, and others. Check back for guest blogs by our contributors and by Reviews Editor Kelly Davio.
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