Prose, Poetry, and Art since 1956
As I finish up my first year in Portland State University’s MFA in creative writing program, I still find myself wondering how writers work up the courage to read their work to a live audience. I’ve learned that when writing for the ear, simplicity in language is easier for the brain to comprehend, as are sentence constructions that front-load the verb. Since we have evolved to rely…
A look back at Portland Review’s very first issue and the uncanny ways it parallels the work we do today to make the journal a platform for meaningful poetry, prose, and art.
Join us as we celebrate several amazing local authors on Friday, May 18 from 7-9 pmat the Independent Publishing Resource Center, one of Portland’s coziest venues. The event will feature readings by Margaret Malone, Santi Elijah Holley, and Susan DeFreitas and is sure to be an evening of sumptuous words and gripping prose. There will be an optional but suggested donation at the door. Copies of…
Portland Review editors Kari Davidson and Kathleen Levitt look at some of 2018’s Oregon Book Award nominees and their relationship to the journal.
Portland Review is pleased to announce the 2018 issue. Our new volume features writing by Dani Burlison, Christopher Coake, William Virgil Davis, Susan DeFreitas, Christine Kitano, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Eugene Lim, Molly Patterson, Anna Joy Springer, Jenny Forrester, Jacob White, an interview with Dani Shapiro, art by Anni Wilson, and work by many more exciting authors. To pre-order your copy of the 2018 issue, please…