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Questioning the Book: APIA Poetry and the Politics of Language – Kenji C. Liu
“If my freedom were not in the book, where would it be?If my book were not my freedom, what would it be?Truth cannot but be violent. There is no peaceable truth.[…]The violence of the…
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Light Delights in Life: Two API Poets From the Americas – Gerald Maa
James Baldwin starts off a masterful essay called “A Fly in Buttermilk” by saying, “I found myself, willy-nilly, alchemized into an American the moment I touched French soil.” When approached with this prompt, I…
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Shirley Ancheta: Pinay Poet – Barbara Jane Reyes
I have been an admirer of Watsonville poet Shirley Ancheta for many years. I came to her poems when I was a wee undergrad; she became known to me as one of the formative…
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This just in . . . Steve Almond interviews Emma Trelles
For anyone who has ever had a "day job" while still trying to pursue a career as a creative writer, click over to The Nervous Breakdown to read this perceptive and candid interview. Emma…
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Much Depends on Dinner — Making Chicken Stock with Stacey Harwood
All human history attests That happiness for man,—the hungry sinner!— Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. – Lord Byron, Don Juan. Canto xiii. Stanza 99 Whenever I post to this…
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“across and thru”+”this mean time”: Aryanil Mukherjee, Kimberly Alidio, and the Interdisciplinary Lens – Iris A. Law
One of the joys of editing Lantern Review is that Mia (our Associate Editor) and I get to work with contributors from a wide variety of backgrounds. We’ve published work by people who are just…
