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

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Winter Solstice Issue 2017

Welcome to our new website with a more interactive design—frequently updated blog posts, lit events, announcements, and much more! Deep thanks to our Web Developer, Andrai Whitted!

Also, our Tenth Anniversary will kick off with our Spring 2018 Issue, online and in print, including new guest editors, such as Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry. And a tribute to Dzvinia Orlowsky for poetry in translation.

Vitally, Solstice is taking an urgent stand for diversity in lit, with a new call for pieces promoting social justice.  See Blog Editor’s note for details!

Now to our fabulous new Fall/Winter 2017 Issue.  Check individual editors’ notes for the scoop on terrific established and emerging authors of various nationalities, races, classes, religions, ethnicities, and genders! And view the art of acclaimed photographer Christopher James!

Because of our commitment, please make an end of year donation to diversity in lit!  Our nonprofit survives on your generosity.  Please donate and keep us live! 

Onwards,
Lee Hope, Editor-in-chief.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Notes

  • Fiction Editor’s Note
    by Lee Hope
  • Poetry Editors’ Note
    by Ben Berman and Dzvinia Orlowsky
  • Nonfiction Editor’s Note
    by Richard Hoffman

Fiction

  • Wednesday is Trash Day
    by Vasyl Makhno
  • What you Owe
    by Adeola Adeniyi
  • Homecoming
    by Laura Dzubay
  • Housegirls
    by Shola Olowu-Asante
  • Her Korean Heart
    by Frances Park
  • Coffin Birth
    by Leah Damski
  • See Andrew Run
    by Nahid Rachlin

Nonfiction

  • People Think You Deserve It
    by Gillian Haines
  • Notes on Privilege
    by DeWitt Henry
  • Beautiful Hair
    by Sandell Morse
  • CSKA – Lveski
    by Josip Novakovich
  • My Mother’s Country
    by Anne-Marie Oomen
  • Uncle Kobe
    by Remy Antonio Albillar
  • Hannah Arendt in New York
    by Baron Wormser

Photography

  • Photography Portfolio
    by Christopher James
  • My First Photograph
    by Christopher James

Poetry

  • Ashes
    by Félix Morisseau-Leroy
  • Me You
    by Félix Morisseau-Leroy
  • Possible
    by Elisabeth Schmeidel
  • The Stony Sea
    by Elisabeth Schmeidel
  • Tortoise
    by Srečko Kosovel
  • A Face in Solitude
    by Srečko Kosovel
  • Night Meeting
    by Srečko Kosovel
  • Scenes from a Single Life, 1985
    by Linda Aldrich
  • Julie from Gaza
    by Susan Eisenberg
  • What mud-drunk song waits
    by Peter Grandbois
  • Dépaysement
    by Daniel Lawless
  • 1982
    by Daniel Lawless
  • Eid Al Fitr/ Modern Prescript
    by Tala Abu Rahmeh
  • Snap Trap
    by Ellen Steinbaum
  • Stain
    by Benjamin Williams
  • From “Hunger of Images”
    by Marta Del Pozo
  • The Reappearance
    by Wendy Cannella
  • Grendel, 1971
    by Jennifer Jean
  • At the End of the Day is The End of the Day
    by Denise Bergman
  • Thought
    by Dennis Daly
  • Indications
    by Allan Peterson

Reviews

  • Elegant Grieving: A Review of Tom O’ Vietnam by Baron Wormser
    by Richard Cambridge
  • Lovely by Lesléa Newman
    by Jennifer Martelli
  • Before There Was Before by Wendy Drexler
    by Colleen DeCourcy
  • Floating Tales by Jeff Friedman
    by Kali Lightfoot


Contributors

avatar for Adeola AdeniyiAdeola Adeniyi
avatar for Allan PetersonAllan Peterson
avatar for Anne-Marie OomenAnne-Marie Oomen
avatar for Baron WormserBaron Wormser
avatar for Benjamin WilliamsBenjamin Williams
avatar for Christopher JamesChristopher James
avatar for Colleen DeCourcyColleen DeCourcy
avatar for Daniel LawlessDaniel Lawless
avatar for Danielle Legros GeorgesDanielle Legros Georges
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avatar for Dennis DalyDennis Daly
avatar for DeWitt HenryDeWitt Henry
avatar for Elisabeth SchmeidelElisabeth Schmeidel
avatar for Ellen SteinbaumEllen Steinbaum
avatar for Félix Morisseau-LeroyFélix Morisseau-Leroy
avatar for Frances ParkFrances Park
avatar for Gillian HainesGillian Haines
avatar for Jennifer JeanJennifer Jean
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avatar for Josip NovakovichJosip Novakovich
avatar for Kali LightfootKali Lightfoot
avatar for Laura DzubayLaura Dzubay
avatar for Leah DamskiLeah Damski
avatar for Linda AldrichLinda Aldrich
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avatar for Nahid RachlinNahid Rachlin
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avatar for Shola Olowu-AsanteShola Olowu-Asante
avatar for Srečko KosovelSrečko Kosovel
avatar for Stuart FriebertStuart Friebert
avatar for Susan EisenbergSusan Eisenberg
avatar for Tala Abu RahmehTala Abu Rahmeh
avatar for Vasyl MakhnoVasyl Makhno
avatar for Wendy CannellaWendy Cannella

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