Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2018;
(cited in BAE 2015, 2016, 2020); PUSHCART poetry finalist

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Fall 2009

 

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. Only one week left to submit to our new 2010 Literary Contest. $1,000 Prize for Fiction and/or Nonfiction. Final Judge: ANDRE DUBUS III. And $500 Prize for Poetry. Final Judge: TERRANCE HAYES. Click Contests for details.

We welcome your regular submissions as well, and the authors welcome comments on their terrific pieces. Also, please note our outstanding photography section. Our Spring Issue will be posted in late March. Updates to come!

Lee Hope

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Notes

  • Fall 2009 Editor’s Note
    by Lee Hope

Fiction

  • Teggin
    by Karima Grant
  • Zazz Zu Zazz
    by Wesley Brown
  • Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
    by Curtis Tompkins
  • Long Gone, a Tamara Hayle Mystery — Chapter One
    by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  • Season of Giving
    by Roland Merullo
  • One Last Time
    by Tanya Whiton
  • Funeral Detail – April 2009 from We All Fall Down
    by Brad Watts

Nonfiction

  • Memory, Fact, Imagination, Research: Memoir’s Hybrid Personality
    by Michael Steinberg
  • An Elongated Tear: Culebra
    by Anne-Marie Oomen
  • ¡AY, MADRE!
    by Pablo Medina

Photography

  • The Square Seascapes Series
    by Alison Shaw

Poetry

  • Miss France 1993 [1]
    by Jina Ortiz
  • Fruit in Season
    by Richard Hoffman
  • World Wide Web
    by Kurt Brown
  • The Flea Market in Lynn
    by Jennifer De Leon
  • Popular Music
    by Kathleen Aguero
  • Lazarus, Raised
    by Kathleen Aguero
  • Ontology
    by Richard Hoffman
  • Silvertone
    by Dzvinia Orlowsky


Contributors

Avatar photoAlison Shaw
Avatar photoAnne-Marie Oomen
avatar for Brad WattsBrad Watts
avatar for Curtis TompkinsCurtis Tompkins
Avatar photoDzvinia Orlowsky
avatar for Jennifer De LeonJennifer De Leon
avatar for Jina OrtizJina Ortiz
Avatar photoKarima Grant
Kathleen AgueroKathleen Aguero
Avatar photoKurt Brown
Avatar photoMichael Steinberg
Avatar photoPablo Medina
Richard HoffmanRichard Hoffman
Roland-MerulloRoland Merullo
avatar for Tanya WhitonTanya Whiton
avatar for Valerie Wilson WesleyValerie Wilson Wesley
avatar for Wesley BrownWesley Brown

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