We never stop feeling the effects of the past in new art from E. Y. Smith, the first piece in a series of four we are excited to share.
Eurydice’s Lament by E. Y. Smith
A Rural Spring – 14 Days by Chila Woychik
“Celebration, vacation, recreation: these escape the mind of a farmer, and an engineer only craves perfection. Stands to reason that my gentleman farmer lives on one long beautiful plain undisturbed by the concept of complementariness…”
Portland Review at Hotlips Pizza PSU: January 30th, 2018
Support the literary arts and a local family-owned business by eating pizza! Grab a slice and a drink at Hotlips Pizza PSU on January 30th, 2018, anytime between 5pm to 10pm—10% of all sales will go to the Portland Review. Portland Review editors will also be hanging out, and happy to talk creative writing, editing, and publishing. Click here for details and updates, and to RSVP….
5 Poems by Ryan Masters
“Kelp-choked cove cants to and fro; / a diseased eye vainly chasing light. I undress; / pluck the / dive mask from the weeping man’s hands; / step off the breakwater and crash through the surface…”
Nowhere Girls by Chelsea Harris
“The girls grew up too fast, painted their eyes with glitter on Halloween and vanished under black cloaks and lace stockings, hiding their long faces and broken cherries from the boys sleeping in shadows outside Mr. Pink’s Deli, the lingerie shop on Seventh Avenue, their front step once their daddies turned the light out.”