Eulogies for Poe
Volunteer Holly honors a late literary great. The night was like a scene from Poe’s own pen: “The skies they were ashen and sober; / The leaves they were crisped and sere-- / The leaves they were withering and sere;…
NaNoWriMo Here I Come: Erin M. Hartshorn
Guest blogger Erin M. Hartshorn writes about her NaNoWriMo experiences and her hope for the month of November. I first did NaNoWriMo in 2003, about the time when I first decided I was actually going to pursue writing. My goal…
Book Festival Season
Volunteer Nathan ventures out to the National Book Festival and the Baltimore Book Festival. Book lovers in the D.C./Baltimore area have it made. On September 22-23, the National Book Festival was held on the National Mall in D.C. The Baltimore…
Speaking Truth to Power: Salman Rushdie and Joseph Anton
Guest blogger Tara Campbell attends a presentation by Salman Rushdie at George Washington University. Salman Rushdie is known for his sweeping, multigenerational family sagas featuring willful matriarchs and larger-than-life patriarchs. In his novels, history and magical realism intertwine, and the legends and…
Accolades for Susi Wyss and The Civilized World
Volunteer Andrea interviews Susi Wyss, winner of the Peace Corps’ 2011 Maria Thomas Award for Fiction. Volunteer Andrea: How did you find out that you won the Maria Thomas Award for Fiction? Susi Wyss: I was contacted by John Coyne,…
National Book Festival: Tribute to Madeleine L’Engle
Volunteer Andrea celebrates Madeleine L’Engle and the 50th anniversary of A Wrinkle in Time at the National Book Festival. Hope Larson illustrated a full-length graphic novel about A Wrinkle in Time. “Two pages of pictures for every one in the…
A D.C. Outing: Stories on Stage
Volunteer Karolina experiences office life Barrelhouse-style. Crammed in between the bars and restaurants that line the bustling streets of Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C., is the small yet comfortable space known as the DC Arts Center. Adams Morgan already has…
The Truth About Dishonesty
Volunteer Holly blogs about cauterizing life’s wounds with writing. I recently saw the movie The Words with Dennis Quad, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana and Olivia Wilde. It is the kind of movie that makes you stare at the end credits…
Poetry and the Potomac Review
Potomac Review Poetry Editor, Robert Giron, blogs about what he looks for in poetry submissions. I suppose when one asks me what is that I'm looking for in poetry for the Potomac Review, I might sound like other editors in…
One Thing I’ve Learned – Johanna Droubay
Issue 51 contributor Johanna Droubay blogs about rhythm. A week after my daughter, Della, was born, my parents flew in from Utah with a gift: loose pages of a book, a poem that my mom had written and that friends…