The Weekly Atticus

This Week at Atticus Review

October 22, 2022

A recap of the week's writing at Atticus Review. Intro by Christopher Linforth.

Tell us about your favorite literary podcast! Is is Literary Disco? Book Fight? The New Yorker's fiction podcast? Backlisted? The Penguin Podcast? To this pantheon, we can now add Atticus After Dark! In this new atticus venture, we've produced three episodes and the latest has just dropped. In this episode our host, Sam Slaughter, interviews author Lori Jakiela, who discusses how cancer has informed her work and writing process.

On the Attic this week, Carol Wierzbicki reviews Ona Grit's essay collection Present Imperfect (Poets Wear Prada, 2021).

From Issue 2, I'd like to highlight some of the brilliant poems that interrogate our relationship with the Internet. First up, Emily Rose Cole's "Persephone on Instagram,"  next Connie Post's "Social Media," and lastly Anna Lewis' "Solstitium."

We're still looking for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and mixed media for our upcoming issue. Stay tuned to our Twitter for an upcoming free submissions day! Remember to take a look at our previous issues for the type of work we publish. In bonus news, during our current open call for submissions, our wonderful poetry editors are also looking for poems for a special poetry-only folio to be released in February (just submit in our usual poetry category).

Remember you can always visit the Atticus Headquarters in Arizona. Stop by for a chat and pick up a book or record at Atticus Books & Music.

Until next time, thanks so much for reading.

Christopher LinforthEditor-in-Chief 

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

BOOK REVIEW

Ona Gritz Mulls Imperfections in Many Forms

a book review by

Carol Wierzbicki

"Gritz deftly balances moments of lightness and joy with personal tragedy."

ISSUE TWO SPOTLIGHT

PERSEPHONE ON INSTAGRAM

by

EMILY ROSE COLE

FROM THE ARCHIVES: May 2020

SELLING ORANGES

by

Genevieve DeGuzman, who is a 2022 Oregon Literary Fellowship recipient.

"It’s not a Hail Mary you find

but an orange,

round and cool, unbruised yet."

NEW FROM ATTICUS AFTER DARK

In the latest episode, Lori Jakiela discusses how a cancer experience informed her latest work.

ISSUE THREE SUBMISSIONS

For the December 2022 issue, Atticus Review is looking for work for our open-themed issue. We are, however,  especially interested in work that engages with notions and explorations  of language. We are open to any and all interpretations of the prompt.

Thank you for your interest in publishing your work with Atticus Review. We are an online journal that publishes stories, poems, essays and other forms of creative digital media.

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