Atticus in the Wigleaf Top 50

Atticus in the Wigleaf Top 50

Plus: New CNF Readers

Wigleaf Top 50, 2023

Well, it happened again. Some more authors' work we published on the review received a big honor. I'm not sure why this keeps happening. I mean, on one hand, we have a talented, dedicated community of readers and an editorial staff with excellent taste, but on the other hand, we keep publishing exceptional prose and poetry drawn from the still-quite-thriving literary community. It's a head-scratcher for sure, but I'm not complaining.Please join me in congratulating Dan Crawley and Patricia Garcìa Lujàn, who were recently included in Wigleaf's Top 50 Longlist, guest-edited by Venita Blackburn.We published Dan Crawley's "Haboob" in January, 2022, and "Déjà Vu" by Patricia Garcìa Lujàn the following April. Please feel free to read these flashes, and the rest of those included in the longlist. 

New CNF Readers

It's inspiring to know that 2022, the year Atticus Review had some big changes in both staff and structure, was such a strong year for our publishing record. I'm pleased that we can continue to uplift authors the way we have. As a decade-old literary journal, our current team stands on the shoulders of giants.On that note, I want to welcome some new giants whose shoulders we can start standing on. Our creative nonfiction team is honored to have three new readers: Stephanie Evans, Katia Kozachok, and Ricardo José González-Rothi.Our staff is the backbone of our journal, yes, but also all of the other bones, the shoulder blades and skull and kneecaps and so forth. Without our readers, none of this would be possible, and the review would be a sheet of loose skin. Have I overused this metaphor? The point is that we have a great and dynamic team who deserve endless applause (another act requiring a sufficient quantity of bones).In the meantime, I hope you keep writing. The world needs it.Peace,Keene ShortEditor-in-ChiefAtticus Review

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Alex Tunney

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

INTERVIEW: J. Mae Barizo, author of TENDER MACHINES

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Aekta Khubchandani

"I wrote in airports and offices, on park benches and libraries. I didn’t have a ritual except that usually I had to be silent for long periods of time, imagined or remembered music swimming around in my head."

ISSUE FOUR SPOTLIGHT

CANDLESTICK PREOCCUPATIONbyClaudia Monpere

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