Waterfall At Stanhope

Waterfall At Stanhope
photo by ljoyburke

Monday, July 30, 2007

Little Patuxent Review seeking submissions for 3rd Issue







Greetings Readers and Writers,

Columbia Maryland, the planned community founded by James Rouse, celebrated its 40th birthday in June of 2007. In honor of that milestone, The Little Patuxent Review, a bi-annual arts anthology published submissions of poetry, prose and history for its second issue themed "Columbia at 40." Release events were held at Oliver’s Carriage House in Columbia Maryland home of the Kittamaqundi Community Church and at the Glenwood Recreational Center Maryland as part of the Columbia Festival of the Arts.


Contributors to the literary magazine, such as Barbara Kellner of the Columbia Archives and Padraic Kennedy former head of Howard Research and Development along with other long time Columbia residents, held a conversation about the dream of Columbia-where citizens of any color could be neighbors and eventually friends, while in the rest of the country racism and segregation prevailed. Guest poets reading included Clarinda Harriss, Ernie Wormwood, Salimah Perkins and Ryan Wilson .


Paintings by Trudy Babchak and Liz Henzey, and Silkscreens by Wes Yamaka were displayed.


The review features:
• Essays by Michael Chabon, Pat Kennedy, Sherman Howell, Jean W. Toomer, Barbara Russell, Murray Simon, Mike Clark, Joetta Cramm, Barbara Kellner, Linda Joy Burke, Diane Brown and Katie George.
• Art by Wes Yamaka and the collaborative paintings of Trudy Babchak and Liz Henzey, along with an interview of Mr. Yamaka by Linda Joy Burke and a profile of Ms. Babchak and Ms. Henzey by Susan Thornton Hobby along with work by Michael Bracco and a profile by LPR Editor Michael Clark.
• Poetry by Clarinda Harriss, Norah Burns, Ralph Treitel, Ernie Wormwood and Patricia Jakovich VanAmburg,Salimah Perkins, Sara Markiewcz.

Chabon, grew up in Columbia, and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2001. He writes: “In the end, for all its promise and ambition, Columbia may have changed nothing but one little kid. Yet I believe that my parents' decision to move us into the midst of that unfinished, ongoing act of architectural and social imagination, altered the course of my life and made me into the writer that I am.”


The upcoming themes for fall and late spring issues of LPR are Childhood and Nature.


Guidelines:

All material should be typed. Prose submissions no longer than 3000 words, poetry no more than 5 poems. There are no style restrictions on poetry. Anecdotes limited to 250 words should reflect the impact of Columbia on the writer and illustrate some meaning for the reader. Seniors are invited to submit essays no longer than 1000 words on “elder wisdom.” What do you want to pass on to the younger generations?

Visual Artists are invited to submit up to 6 images for consideration. Images can be submitted via email (see information below) or snail mail on disk, and should be in jpeg format no larger than 300 DPI. Please put the name of your work on file attachment.

Submissions from current and former residents of Columbia and those touched by their experience of Columbia are encouraged to submit. Please include a short bio, and your contact information on a cover letter with your submission.

Please send submissions by October 1, 2007 as an email attachment with the words The Little Patuxent Review submission in the subject line to:
editor@littlepatuxentreview.org or by snail mail, c/o Little Patuxent Review, 6012 Jamina Downs, Columbia, MD 21045. Submissions sent by snail mail will need to submit work on disk or via email if accepted for publication. Please include an SASE for return of your manuscript if you are sending it by snail mail. Published authors will receive one copy of the Review in payment.

About The Little Patuxent Review

The Little Patuxent Review originally existed in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s and featured work by emerging and established writers from the Howard County Maryland region. Recent attendees of a Howard County Poetry and Literary Society event, “Speaking of Healing,” were inspired to meet and discuss launching an arts publication reminiscent of the original The Little Patuxent Review. That meeting evolved into a full-fledged plan to establish the resurrected magazine. This publication is a 501c3 literary arts organization.

Mission

The Mission of the The Little Patuxent Review is to promote the tradition of written and visual arts by creating a spirited magazine that reflects and draws upon the creativity and diversity within Howard County and the region.

Mom...Let's Talk an Editorial Project

Editor’s Note: It was my privilege to get to know Robert Schaeberle through his poetry and through his mom’s cathartic memoir. Each writer’s work represents a heroic quest for peace and sanctuary, made by individuals who will remind you of someone you know. “Mom” is every mom who is or has been the foundation from which family thrives. Jeanne’s ruminations on a religious upbringing, and the challenges she faced as a teenager and later a parent, juxtaposed against Robert’s poems, bring his poetry into focus. The poems reveal a boy’s life initially filled with wonder and gentleness, which was invaded by the awful mental dragons of terror and desperation. These poems are Robert’s sword of battle, forged in the fire of hope. His hope was born from the strong bonds of love between mother, son, and family, along with a deep faith in the power of God and His angels. It is ironic that Robert’s heart failed him at 25, because his heart also drove him to be the best he knew how to be, in spite of his mental turmoil. “Mom...Let’s Talk” is for young people who are slaying their own dragons and wondering if they can triumph. This book is also for parents, guardians, teachers, and others who care about or work with artistic kids, especially poets and writers who struggle with remaining whole in a fractured world. Linda Joy Burke Poet and Writer


Mom...Let's Talk What does a first-born son do when he hears voices? One child may disconnect from family, drift into antisocial behavior and eventually violence. Another may take to the pen, paint, play music, or find an art form where they can expel the noise. This book is about the life and eventual death of one such son. The story is told through his outlet, poetry and his mom's soul searching and eventually cathartic memoir. Fred Eustis writes in his introduction, "Poetry was a sword he used to defend himself against the voices..." Jeanne's memoir puts these poems which at times are quite unsettling, in a family context. She is every mom, who is doing the best they can for their offspring, and on a very profound level, this is every family's story. "The book is also about sharing; learning how to know each other and how to find our own selves in that knowing. It is like a quest in which Jeanne and Robert explore who they are, what they came here for, and what really matters." Fred Eustis.
Print: $16.95

Saturday, June 30, 2007



Conversing with Dragons: A Celebration of Life and Art by Robyn Weiss
Robyn Weiss
Compiled and edited by: Linda Joy Burke and Jacki Edens
Our price: $15.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9Pages:
162ISBN: 0-595-28743-3

Published: Jul-2003
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Our literary community is lucky to have had Robyn join in the ancient efforts to speak into infinity.”—BDC
Book Description
“When I read her manuscript for the first time, I was unprepared for the concrete images: the sap from a tapped maple, the houses and butterflies and rooms she shows us. I didn't expect mature observances from someone so young. Robyn is engaged in the world through these poems. In the clever parody of Poe, in her imagined banter at a men's shelter, and other narrative poems, we find her examining, critiquing, exploring the world, the people in it, and her relationship to it. We find her taking on characters in persona poems where she molds her voice into those of husbands, wives, laborers, and vagabonds. She resists the common urge of young writers to shut out the world and look only inward for voice…” Barbara DeCesare Poet and Writer author Jigsaw EyeSore “Robyn’s writings give us a portal into the mind of a teen confronted with life and her views of the ever-widening world around her.” Jacki Edens

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One of My Peeps

One of My Peeps
Robin photo by ljoyburke

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