1/ Tonight the trees are paper nuns leaning over fox bones. And you’re still here. Near the railroad cars. Near the shallow hillside. Your hands just as thin as they always were. 2/ Give…
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For over sixty years, Portland Review has been supported by contributions from writers, editors, readers, and advocates of the literary arts. The journal is produced by the graduate students in the English Department at Portland State University, which is a nonprofit public institute.
The Evening House
Photograph appears in our Fall 2014 issue. Christopher Woods is a writer, teacher, and photographer who lives in Houston and Chappell Hill, Texas. His published works include a prose collection, Under a Riverbed Sky, and…
Having Sex with AIDS
Bruno says I’m pretty— the noble sentiment he must make. My bravery resides in hospital curtain resurrections. I’m still here and I must listen to Bruno now. He talks with a swollen bird’s chest—warm air…
Lady in Blue
Clinton Inman born in Walton-on-Thames, England, graduated from San Diego State University, and has been an teacher all of his life. He recently retired from the Tampa Bay area, where he lives with his wife,…