Juked
Associate Editor John Wang writes about Juked, the literary magazine which he created and runs online. I started Juked at the end of 1998, during the dot com bubble, because I was caught up in that rush of enthusiasm for…
Writing From a Distance
Associate Editor Hananah Zaheer reflects on the social aspect of writing in this post from Dubai: My writing day is not too different from that of many others. It is a lot of staring at the screen, scrolling through social…
Kudos For Two
We begin 2014 with the very good news that two of our editors, Katherine Smith and Marianne Szlyk, have been published. Poetry Editor Katherine Smith participated in Sixfold's "writer-voted journal," winning third place (not to mention 100 dollars) among her…
Issue 52 Contributor, Melanie Bishop, Publishes My So-Called Ruined Life
Potomac Review is pleased and proud to report on the continuing success of Issue 52 contributor, Melanie Bishop. Her young adult novel, My So-Called Ruined Life (Torrey House), is due out in early January--watch for a review of it…
Fiction Reading in Support of MC's Safe Zone for the LGBTQ Community
PR editors, Julie Wakeman-Linn, Jarvis Slacks, Zachary Benavidez, and John Wang, read for a lively audience on November 25th. The occasion was to honor MC's Safe Zone for LGBTQ students, staff and faculty, and also to honor the hard work…
On the Road Inspiration
David Goodrich is a retired climate scientist who likes to ride bikes. A couple of months after retirement in 2011, he rode from Delaware to Oregon. Since then, he’s ridden down the Appalachians and on the Way of St. James…
Writer Fun on First Fridays in Leesburg
Associate Editor Karolina Gajdeczka attends a Writer’s Center program in Leesburg with speaker Leslie Pietrzyk. Being new to the Leesburg area, I was really excited to find out about the events in Leesburg that The Writer’s Center puts on every…
Welcome, Julie Platt
This week we're happy to introduce a new associate poetry editor, Julie Platt, who is Assistant Professor of English, Director of the Writing Center, and Director of Composition at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Her poetry chapbook, In the…
November: Area Readings by Potomac Review Editors
Michael LeBlanc, Mike Maggio, Sydney March, and Robert L. Giron will be reading at the TP/SS Associate Editors’ reading on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 2 to 3:30 PM in the Commons Building, Room 211, at the corner of Takoma Avenue and New York…