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…
Portland Review’s Winter Reading with Special Guests
Portland Review welcomes past contributors Martha Grover, Shayla Lawson, and Kevin Sampsell to share their work at Blackfish Gallery on February 23rd, 5-7pm. Join us for an evening of prose, poetry, and art.
Being Less Tough on Yourself: Thoughts from Galaxy 103T7BA by E. Y. Smith
There’s a lot of pressure to be perfect, but E. Y. Smith shows us that sometimes it’s okay to make a mistake…or two.
I Keep Going to the Well, and it Fills: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
It has now been two weeks since the death of Ursula K. Le Guin, and Portland Review is coming to terms with the loss of one of the most beloved and impactful members of our community. Thank you, Ursula K. Le Guin, for teaching us, inspiring us, and sharing with us your stories.
You and the Clarinetist by Molly Gutman
“He flourished the tickets last Saturday…You were stepping out of your slip-ons. The daycare was a mess; the babies had passed around a cold and their whines stuck in your head, like the shadows bodies leave on walls after explosions.”