Author Stacy Barton blogs about her favorite aspects of having her work rejected. I’m a writer. I write. I submit. I get rejected. Sometimes I get published. The writer’s working life is all about rejection. But we know that, right? …
Intern Emily blogs the power of the visual over writing and her first-ever author event. As I leave my Creative Writing class having just written two scenes based on photos, I can’t help but think I was meant to write…
Tracy Alig Dowling, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference short story winner, blogs about the revision process. Her award-winning short story, "To Live Without Air," will appear in the Potomac Review Issue #52. To Live Without Air is a short…
by Zachary Benavidez I can’t believe it’s already over. The 16th Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference has come and gone, and what a whirlwind kind of day it was! The students arrived bright and early, ready to staff registration,…
Congratulations to Denison University English Professor and PR Author Peter Grandbois whose nonfiction piece, "Driving to Puerto Rico," is listed as a Notable Essay in the Best American Essays 2011. The piece appeared in Potomac Review 47 (spring 2010) We…
Intern Bob interviews Jacob Appel, author of “Animal Control” in the Best of Potomac Review 1) Since "Animal Control" was published in Potomac Review Issue 42, where else have you been published? I've now published slightly more than 200 stories,…
Intern Marc interviews Stacy Barton, author of “That Exit” in the Best of Potomac Review, Issue 50. Marc: Growing up in Oklahoma City and now residing in Maitland, Florida, how much of an impact, if any, do your background, experiences,…
by Andrea Pawley I was made to read “The Red Badge of Courage” as an eighth grader. Nothing about that book, not even an understanding of which war it relates to, stuck with me. Several years on, I developed an…
by Andrea Pawley I am not a superhero, but I have two writing talents. I can write anywhere, and I can write for even the tiniest amounts of time. I write on the Metro platform while the train takes its…
A Review of Bathsheba Monk’s Nude Walker by Eric D. Goodman Nude Walker by Bathsheba Monk is, in many ways, a novel about change. Change is a theme worth exploring in a multitude of ways, and the author does so…