The 2008-09 issue of Pacific Review boasts a diverse selection of poetry, fiction, reviews and interviews.
Featuring G.C. Waldrep, Anis Shivani, Louis Daniel Brodsky and Michael Poore among others. pacificREVIEW 2008-09 also introduces Jericho Brown, a brilliant young poet of promise, to our readers through an in-depth interview and review of his debut collection, Please. Pacific Review is published out of San Diego State University's Department of English and Comparative Literature.
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As Eric McHerny said in his article “Auden on Bin Laden,” written a few weeks after the events of 9/11, events such as these “can leave people craving language that's as precise as their pain.”
The work in our 2008-09 issue comes through with this language: words that articulate the mix of pain, joy, strength and wisdom that accompany human survival. Formally interesting works like “Just One Little Piece” and the unique voice of the narrator in “One of Them or All Them Might Think We’re Racists” continue to push the boundaries of fiction, and ask questions of readers and of the world.
And Helen Degen Cohen’s “Celan Sequence” seems to speak of the lasting importance of literature and its “rumbling” truths:
If you haven’t eaten
"a rumbling truth"
your stomach will never settle
If you can’t enter their wound
who will hold you close?
Celts and Kings: The story behind the mystifying disappearance of the Celtic Earls in 1607. The story of a lost love and Celtic Spirituality.
The story of a forbidden love going back 400 years.
The story steeped in Irish history, Ce
Dreamin’ Dreams is more than a collection of stories; it is a celebration of Irish life, adventure, and the unforgettable characters who make growing up in Ireland a journey worth remembering.
Sarah Thompson has ten days on Maui to find her lifetime after lifetime soulmate. She is certain he is waiting for her there on one of the last remaining land masses of Mu still above water.
