Margot Livesey, award winning, internationally-famous novelist, comes to Montgomery College on March 14, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., Theatre Arts Arena. Livesey’s books will be on sale. The event is open to all. Come join us.
Guest Blogger and Issue 52 Contributor, David Salner, blogs about the long road to learning to write poetry. No one installs a ram-intensive program on their computer without good reason. Likewise, the craft of poetry. I began installation of that…
Volunteer Karolina blogs about the Writer’s Center. The Potomac Review has a long-standing friendship with The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD, having had publication launch parties and conference events there, as well as having published some of their workshop leaders. …
Potomac Review announces a flash fiction themed contest: “Brackish.” Fresh water and salt water like Chesapeake Bay Oil and vinegar Chocolate ice cream and fried onions Bugs Bunny meets Freddy Krueger The concept behind our theme, Brackish, is to take…
Guest blogger Erica Hildebrand writes about where her story ideas come from. There's this episode of The Brady Bunch where Jan, trying to save herself some embarrassment while coping with her status as second fiddle to Marcia, invents a fake…
Volunteer Nathan does not enjoy sifting through lists of journals. My oh my, it seems there are just as many literary journals as there are books to read. With so many outlets in which to submit our work, how do…
Author Jennifer Fleischner blogs about finding stories and being found by them. Last month a friend and I rescued a cat that had been left lying in a plastic shopping bag outside of a restaurant on Columbus Avenue in Manhattan…
Volunteer Tim Explores the Southern Maryland Writing Scene. As a fairly new resident of Southern Maryland (Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties), I have found myself playing detective in search of local writers’ groups and events. My new habitat, while…
With poet Elizabeth Switaj’s post below, the Potomac Review Blog begins a new series on the infinitely varied ways poets perceive and present their work. Each month, a poet will share a sample of her (or his) work in a…
Guest blogger Craig Hegemann writes about his journey down the writer’s path. I was new to this writer’s group, so the first order of business was introductions and some casual conversation. We then settled in to review each other’s pieces.…