By: Jeff Fearnside Jeff Fearnside’s literary writing has won several national awards and appeared in more than three dozen journals and anthologies, including Potomac Review, The Pinch, Rosebud, Many Mountains Moving, New Madrid, Permafrost, and The Los Angeles Review. Fearnside…
By: Marc Cully Intern Marc, known for his lively and quirky sense of humor, reveals his list of Pet Peeves. His views do not necessarily represent the view of the entire editorial staff, as Julie, editor-in-chief, does in fact like…
Guest blogger and Potomac Review Issue 52 contributor, Melanie Bishop, offers writing advice in three parts, second about methodology and camaraderie. The reason I’ve paired these two—methodology and camaraderie—is because writers are always sharing their methods and tricks with each other. And…
Poet W.F. Lantry blogs about writing The Language of Bird during National Poetry Writing Month. So there I was, minding my own business, earning a living and maybe doing a little reading on the side, a hectic life so filled…
Poet W.F. Lantry blogs about writing The Language of Bird during National Poetry Writing Month. So there I was, minding my own business, earning a living and maybe doing a little reading on the side, a hectic life so filled…
Volunteer Andrea interviews playwright Tazewell Thompson, author of Mary T. and Lizzy K., currently at Arena Stage. Andrea: How did you decide what to focus on in Mary T. and Lizzy K., your play about the friendship between a famous…
Guest blogger and Potomac Review Issue 52 contributor, Melanie Bishop, offers writing advice in three parts, first about rituals. Part I: Rituals (today’s post) Part II: Methodology and Camaraderie Part III: Writing Away from Home: Retreats and Residencies A former…
Volunteer Nathan attends an evening with Karen Russell at Politics & Prose. Karen Russell is in the zone. On February 12th, her most recent collection of short stories Vampires in the Lemon Grove hit the shelves, and the new stories…
Volunteer Nathan attends an evening with Karen Russell at Politics & Prose. Karen Russell is in the zone. On February 12th, her most recent collection of short stories Vampires in the Lemon Grove hit the shelves, and the new stories…
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…