Spy Reprints “In the Distance” by Diane Thiel
Author's Note: "'In the Distance' speaks to the idea that we might travel in order to get distance from something, perhaps a past in need of healing, but that the story will follow close behind. The unnamed "unrelenting story" in the poem might pursue us full circle, even circumnavigate the globe. But on a hopeful note, the expansive nature of … [More...]
Spy Reprints “Morning Ritual” by Alfred Fournier
Author's Note: "When a childhood friend told me about his devastating work injury, my mind flashed back to a time when we were sure we were immortal and invulnerable. I wrote this piece as a tribute to our friendship in those younger years, and out of a desire to understand what drove our acts of daring." ... [Continue Story] … [More...]
Spy Reprints”The Wicked Witch of the West” by Jona Colson
Author's Note: "The Wizard of Oz was probably one of the first movies I ever watched, and I loved the Wicked Witch. Often, villains are my favorite part of narratives, and she terrified me-her laugh, ... [Continue Story] … [More...]
Spy Reprints”Winner Takes All” by Holly Karapetkova
Author's Note: "This poem explores the ways we attempt to justify our privileges to ourselves. While I wrote it thinking primarily of my own white middle class American culture, it asks questions more ... [Continue Story] … [More...]
Spy Reprints “Her Gestures, Her Rules” by Susan Land
Author's note: "I once had a friend who did yoga and wrote down her dreams and earnestly informed me that she could hitchhike alone and be safe because she was special. She seemed to truly believe that nothing could hurt her. In "Her Gestures, Her Rules," I imagined that she had a daughter who would, like most daughters, go from acolyte to … [More...]
2021 Writers Center Reading: Featuring 10 Contributors
Delmarva Review's Executive Editor Wilson Wyatt emcees the brilliant performance of ten contributing writers (Volume 14), sponsored by The Writers Center in Bethesda, MD (many thanks) on November 20, 2021. Our featured writers include (with approximate start times): Caroline Bock [7:27] Holly Karapetkova [14:40] Irene Hoge Smith [17:06] Jona Colson … [More...]
Delmarva Review Announces 14th Annual Edition
Prose and Poetry From 70 Authors New Submission Period Open November 1 Delmarva Review announced publication of its 14th annual literary journal presenting new poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction from seventy authors in twenty-five states, the District of Columbia and four other countries. "The fourteenth issue is our largest, with … [More...]
Spy Reprints “Welcome Day” by Ronan J. Keenan
Author's Note: "Welcome Day is about a parent's angst of how a combination of flawed genetics and a murky past will impact her child. The central character, Maria, is a single parent trying to distance her young son from her history of involvement in Irish paramilitary activity. In the story Maria watches her son begin life in a new school and … [More...]
Spy Reprints “The Oyster” by Jona Colson
Author's Note: "The poem began with a prompt-to show the beauty of something ugly. Having lived in the DMV all my life, and recently read a history of the Chesapeake Bay, I thought of the oyster. It is not attractive, but it is vital to the bay and, of course, delicious to eat. The poem imagines life from the oyster's point of view." ...[Continue … [More...]
Spy Reprints “At the End of His Life, William Bradford Studied Hebrew” by Margaret Mackinnon
Author's note: "After I saw images of the small Hebrew dictionary William Bradford created in his notebook, I was drawn to imagine his later life. And though the parallels may not seem obvious, I ... [Continue Story] … [More...]
