Hillary Wenthworth, whose fantastic and mythic essay “Blowing Rock” appeared in Issue 7, is being featured in Minnesota’s “Art on Foot” festival.
Dilruba Ahmed’s Book Debut
Congratulations to Dilruba Ahmed, whose debut book Dhaka Dust is now available from Graywolf Press. Dhaka Dust was also awarded the 2010 Bakeless Prize for Poetry, selected by Arthur Sze.
Ahmed’s has three achingly beautiful poems in Issue 8: “Fugue of New Motherhood,” “Amateur’s Guide to Divination,” and “Dhaka Bazaar before Departure.”
Issue 7 Now Available!
Issue 7 of The Fourth River is now available for purchase! The cover design is by Krista Terpack, and contributors include Michael Byers, Lori Jakiela, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, and Charlotte Pence, among others. Visit our Order page to purchase your copy.
About the Fourth River
The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program, printed annually. We welcome submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and built, urban, rural or wild. We are looking for writing that is richly situated at the confluence of place, space and identity–or that reflects upon or makes use of landscape and place in new ways.
–Sheryl St. Germain, Chatham MFA Program Director and Executive Editor, The Fourth River
Contact Us
If you have questions about our submission process or would like to order a copy of our journal, you can contact us at 4thriver[at]gmail[dot]com.
Tina May Hall’s GPS Project Continues
Tina May Hall is working on a collection of stories grouped by GPS coordinates. Her story “42°33′N 0°33′W” is live at The Fourth River, and you can read her story 33̊ 25’ 55” N, 111̊ 52’ 34” W at Corium Magazine.
Abby Geni Anthologized
Congratulations to Abby Geni, whose story “Captivity” appears in the anthology New Stories from the Midwest alongside Bonnie Jo Campbell and Benjamin Percy.
Geni’s story “Fire Blight” is forthcoming in Issue 9 of The Fourth River.
Sandra Gail Lambert’s Essay Published in Alaska Quarterly Review
Sandra Gail Lambert’s essay “Rolling in the Mud” is out now at Alaska Quarterly Review.
Lambert’s story “Marine Biology,” about a last romantic stand between two women, is available in Issue 8.
Contributor Publication: Stacia M. Fleegal
Stacia M. Fleegal’s poetry collection Versus is now available!
Fleegal’s haunting poem “Visitor’s Pass to Bedlam” is available in Issue 7.
Jackie Craven’s Story Published at Verdad Magazine
Jackie Craven’s story “Special Ed” is out now at Verdad Magazine.
Craven’s story “Feeling Red,” about a young girl discovering blindness, is available in Issue 8.
Evan Morgan Williams’ Story Published in the Kenyon Review
Evan Morgan Williams has a story out in The Kenyon Review, vol. 32, no. 2.
Williams’ story “Maybe I Want to Tell You,” about a young Cheyenne woman interviewing her father while they visit the ruins of his former workplace, is available in Issue 8.
Lisa Heiserman Perkins Quoted in the New York Times
Lisa Heiserman Perkins is quoted in a New York Times article today.
Perkins’ story “Buds, and Bells, and Stars Without a Name,” which features a spiritual showdown in Soho between a drunk, overly theatrical woman and a trio of missionaries, is available in Issue 8.
