As of December 23, 2009, the Lantern Review staff are taking a short break from the blog for the holidays. We will return on January 8, 2010. In the meantime, have a safe and joyous holiday season, and a very happy New Year.
Thank you so much for a fantastic first few months; it’s been an [...]
Things in the literary scene are winding down for the year, and the LR staff is going to be taking some time off from the blog for the holidays starting tomorrow (December 23), and ending on January 8th. It’s been a great last few months, and we’ve been bowled over again and again by your support and enthusiasm as this community has begun to [...]
We recently received word about The Asian American Literary Review, a new and exciting journal that will soon be available by subscription.
Says Editor Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis:
“The Asian American Literary Review is a space for writers who consider the designation ‘Asian American’ a fruitful starting point for artistic vision and community. In showcasing the work of established and emerging [...]
I mentioned in my last post that I was planning to check out an event on December 4th called Breaking English, hosted by Korean-Brazilian writer Larissa Min. Larissa moved to Seattle in 2000, where she got her M.F.A. in fiction at the University of Washington. Since then, she has taught at local community colleges and [...]
Everyone has a private vocabulary (or vocabularies) to which only they and those that they know are privvy. Some of these “private” terms are particular to an individual person’s worldview or imagination (I have a friend who refers to internet survey memes as “salsa”), while others develop in the context of relationships with a particular group of people (whenever our 12th grade calculus [...]
Per Diem is a column devoted to reflections on poetics in everyday life from the perspective of an undergraduate creative writing student.
Ever notice how some things look really different at night, when there’s no sunlight? I go out for evening walks every now and then, and I’ve come to love my school campus when it’s [...]
This week, in addition to readings, open mic’s & performances, we’ve also included a couple of local book sale events. And be sure to check out your local independent bookseller or a university or small press’s online shop this week if you’re looking for holiday gifts; help support the dedicated small businesses that make the [...]
We mentioned Sesshu Foster’s award-winning collection World Ball Notebook back in November, when we did a post about the winners of the 2009 Asian American Literary Awards.
Well, it’s recently come to our attention that the magazine/blog Molossus, which bills itself as “an online broadside of world literature,” has posted a lovely conversation with Sesshu and is offering its readers a chance to [...]
This week’s prompt is adapted from a writing exercise in Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community (T&W Collaborative, 2005), a writing handbook now on sale on the Teachers & Writers Collaborative website.
What happens when we die? Where do noises go? How far is far? These types of questions without answers [...]
