Book Review The Too-Tidy Frame: James, by Percival Everett There is a lie that structures every level of our discourse and which, manifested now by bite-sized bullet points, reflects the all-too-“tidy” frame that Percival Everett, in his novel, James, aims…
This past April, spring 2025 intern Cayden Coleman sat down with acclaimed poet, novelist, and long-time associate editor at Potomac Review, Mike Maggio, for an insightful and wide-ranging conversation. Their video discussion—shared below—delves into a dynamic mix of topics: from…
Join Potomac Review and the MC English and Reading department in supporting the F. Scott Fitzgerald Festival on October 18th, this year honoring Pulitzer Prize winner Percival Everett.
by Noa Nissim Kobliner, Potomac Review intern, spring 2025 Robert L. Giron is a retired English, creative writing, and ESL professor; the founder of Gival Press and ArLiJo; and an editor for Potomac Review. In addition, Giron is fluent in…
Hereinafter Denied, Hereinafter Forgotten: No Sign by Peter Balakian and History of Forgetfulness by Shahé Mankerian Artsakh is a sign, as is Mt. Ararat, where, according to the Biblical account, Noah’s Ark found its final rest. Genocide, the neologism coined…
An Imagination for Reality Meg Eden’s Drowning in the Floating World and Elizabeth Hazen’s Girls Like Us Washington’s Literary Monuments: Mark Merlis’s American Studies by Albert Kapikian Meg Eden’s Drowning in the Floating World and Elizabeth Hazen’s Girls Like Us…
A review of Claire Dederer's Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Kathryn Mussenden, Potomac Review Intern spring 2024 What do we do when bad people make good art? Claire Dederer’s Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma struggles with this. It is a…
Potomac Review will host a series of themed issues beginning with The Other, in Spring 2025, and, in Fall 2025, The Unseen. We welcome poetry, short fiction, essays, and meditations on these topics. Submissions for "The Other" will be open July 1st…
Book Review of George Choundas's Until All You See is Sky by Jessie Gouverneur, Potomac Review Intern, summer 2023 Are you wondering how your past can affect your present? The essay collection Until All You See is Sky is a…
Andrew Furman, whose story “Crawling” appears in issue 73, is a Florida writer. He’s lived in the state for thirty years, writes widely about its people and its environment, and is (among many other things) the author of the memoir…