As I make the transition away from Portland Review and toward my thesis work for the MFA program, I’m thinking about how I got to Portland and why I’m grateful to be here. It’s wild…
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Winter 2013 Call For Submissions
Attention Poets! Artists! Writers! Portland Review is now reading for our Winter 2013 issue. This issue will focus primarily on poetry, artwork, flash-fiction, and flash nonfiction fitting the theme of “honoring the past.” This will…
Finishing the Writer’s To-Do List
My to-do list goes something like this: #1 Wash the dishes. #2 Clean the litter box. #3 Write my final paper. #4 Publish 100 amazing books, and be the best writer ever. #5 Live happily…
Provocations Writ Large
Back in 2008 when I breastfed my first-born, my son (didn’t I do it right, god, empire, mom and dad, giving the firsts to the boy); when I was breastfeeding Jake, I found this natural…
Pictures from Our Fall 2013 Issue Launch Events
Two weeks ago Portland Review had our Fall 2013 issue launch events at Rogue Hall and IPRC. Reading for us at these events were many of the fantastic authors featured in our upcoming issue. The…