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A new semester means a new Pitkin is underway! This edition's theme is Return to Sender. Make sure you get your submissions in by Monday, April 17th!

Today's Contributor Spotlight! Gail Crowe's poem gemini
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gemini

my birth month of June
has cursed me with two bodies;

the first of flesh displayed like
marble carvings display, etched
effortlessly by an unknown hand
for the viewing pleasure of
thirsted bureaucrats.

the second of mist, fizzing
in and out of huffs, gasoline
stench dripping like dew down
from my nostrils
on to my parted lips.

i am unreliable.
one moment nirvana,
clouded gaze serving honey
to men on chaise
lounge chairs;
the next? bleeding
gashes scream agony
and i am ripped
from the flesh.

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Check out our November interview with Goddard alum Sarah Cedeno on our website!
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COMING SOON: The Spring 2023 Issue of The Pitkin Review: Window Seat. Here are some sneak peeks at the cover art "there was no smoke, no sign" by Carleton Whaley, and our list of contributors!
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Check out our October Web Exclusive! Silvered Dawn by the incredibly talented Cynthia Sharp.

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There's just 48 HOURS LEFT to submit to the Spring 2023 issue of The Pitkin Review! Make sure your piece is in by September 12 at 11:59 PM EST!

There’s just five days left to submit to The Pitkin Review! This edition’s theme, and full submission guidelines and form can be found on our website: https://thepitkinreview.com/about/submitting-to-the-pitkin-review/

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Having trouble finding just the right piece to submit to The Pitkin? Here’s some advice from our submissions editor about writing to this issue’s theme, Window Seat.

Don’t forget to submit to this year’s issue of The Pitkin Review by September 12, 11:59 EST. Early submissions are ALWAYS loved and appreciated! See The Pitkin website for submission guidelines.

We are thrilled to announce The Pitkin Review is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2023 Issue! We seek poetry, fiction (flash, short story, novella or novel excerpts), creative nonfiction (essay and memoir), critical commentary (annotation and book review), drama, hybrid, and visual art.

The official theme for Spring 2023 is Window Seat: Sit down, look to the world outside you, and share with us what you see. (Submissions are not required to incorporate the theme but are heavily encouraged).

The FINAL DEADLINE is September 12, 2022 11:59 PM EST. EARLY SUBMISSIONS are infinitely appreciated and accepted with deep thanks!

The full submission guidelines and link to the submission form can be found on our website: https://thepitkinreview.com/about/submitting-to-the-pitkin-review/

July Spotlight- Guided (a short play) and Blue (visual art).

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June Spotlight: Reflections on the Spring 2022 Residency

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The Fall 2022 issue of the Pitkin Review is now available to order!

The Pitkin Review - Fall 2022 The Pitkin Review is a literary journal produced by writers in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Goddard College who are currently enrolled at one or two campuses: Plainfield, Vermont and Port Townsend, Washington. The publication offers writers experience in submitting to and producing a literary...

"Poets live between a fire and a great fire." - Victoria Chang, Dear Memory

November 2021 Online Exclusive. Check out more work at www.thepitkinreview.com

Infinity
by Maria Elizabeth Burns

Did you know? That
Like the wind through outstretched fingers
The reasons to be are the
Reasons you, we…
I mean to say
The way you laugh sends cherry blossoms
A-shiv-vv-ver like turning pages
My dearest—
Consider the mundane madness
Inherent in breathing.
Consider that all of us are here
To translate the unknown
Into bite-sized pieces.
Consider that when we touch
We are music in motion
Smiling through the moments we shimmer past
As
we choose what to keep.

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Start your Monday off right! Check out this lovely online exclusive from Goddard's very own Fiona Blundell.

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The Pitkin Review website just got a facelift! Check it out and get the latest issue! Spring 2022. https://thepitkinreview.com

March Spotlight: The Personal Assistant by Robyn Brooks

THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT – Robyn Brooks – The Pitkin Review Spotlight Online Exclusives THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT – Robyn Brooks March 3, 2022 by pitkinreview THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT By Robyn Brooks   CAST OF CHARACTERS JESSE – Female, 30s, Black ALICE – Female, 40s, Black (Lights up on an office. A meeting has just ended. Jesse and Alice are the only one...

Submissions are open until 3/20 for current MFAW students. We can't wait to read your work!

It's been some time and you've been on our minds this winter! Check out this Note from the Editor, Maria Burns, on The Pitkin Review - https://thepitkinreview.com/

Get your copy today - The Spring 2022 Edition of The Pitkin Review is ready and waiting for you!

Latest Edition – The Pitkin Review Latest Edition Spring 2022 — Resonant Fractals   Cover Art: Reveal Yourself To Me by Linda G. Hatton   Contributions:   The Day I Became a Raven SarahMae Afriam HYBRID O’Bluebird Linda G. Hatton POETRY The Legend of Diarmud and Grainne Megan Loomis DRAMA I KNOW NOTHING (For Sylvia Plath) Jaz ...

The Pitkin Interviews: Meet Cynthia Sharp, Submissions Editor (Fall 2021)

The Pitkin Interviews – The Pitkin Review The Pitkin Interviews   November 2021: Cynthia Sharp, Submissions Editor (Fall 2021)                 Pitkin: Cynthia, thanks so much for joining me today. What is your literary background? CS: I’m a poet, editor and educator who likes to branch into classic and hybrid forms of the arts, b...

This up! The November Spotlight Piece: A poem entitled "Infinity" from our Editor-in-Chief, Maria Burns.

Spotlight Pieces – The Pitkin Review Spotlight Pieces NOVEMBER 2021 Online Exclusive   Infinity by Maria Elizabeth Burns   Did you know? That Like the wind through outstretched fingers The reasons to be are the Reasons you, we… I mean to say The way you laugh sends cherry blossoms A-shiv-vv-ver like turning pages My dearest— Cons...