The 23rd volume of the Clackamas Literary Review is available for purchase!
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Editors Note:
“Few things bridge distance quite like the written word. Writing can carry ideas beyond cultures, generations, and borders. For writers, those impossible optimists, this journey involves ideas too stubborn to relinquish, shaped by long nights before page or screen-smudged ink, sweaty keystrokes, picky edits, fleeting inspiration, quiet doubts, and even quieter resolve-all to get ideas out to the world.
Some of the writers’ ideas have made their way to us, the editors of Clackamas Literary Review. For the past several months we have come together to read and re-read, discuss, debate, and wrestle through each submission, spending hours dissecting pieces we were unsure about and fighting for the stories and poems we loved. Our discussions stirred deeper thought, challenging us in unexpected ways as we reconciled differing perspectives. Often this allowed us to see things in a new light, as beloved pieces were turned away and ones we did not first appreciate became favorites. Slowly, something that began as many individual efforts became a collaborative experience, reminding us that dissonance and diversity are part of a written work’s journey.
In this world that feels increasingly disconnected and isolated, each piece you are about to read was created by a soul seeking connection. A connection to someone like you. Countless hours have been spent in service of the book you now hold in your hands and the connection is creates. Enjoy the variety of works in this volume; let them sink in and become a part of who you are-part of your journey through the messy, chaotic, wonderful world we live in. And may the experience lead you to find something new of yourself along the way.”
Our published authors this year include:
Jeffery Alfier
Dianne Averill
Simon Anton Niño Baena
Chad Barlett
Larry Beckett
Ace Boggess
Jeffery S. Chapman
Douglas Cole
Nick Conrad
Holly Day
Christine DeSimone
Will Donnelly
Nancy Flynn
Taylor Gaede
Jesse Gardner
Tim Gillespie
LaVonne Griffin-Valade
Suzy Harris
Marie Hartung
Madronna Holden
James Croal Jackson
John P. Kristofco
David Mihalyov
Cecil Morris
Linda Neal
Daniel J. Nickolas
Francis Opila
Ty Phelps
Corey S. Pressman
Will Radke
Susan Bruns Rowe
Mark Rubin
Peter Serchuk
Tara K. Shepersky
Ben Slotky
Matthew J. Spireng
Hollyn Taylor
Chelsea Thiel
Evan Morgan Williams
John Sibley Williams
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