Santa Monica College’s national literary arts journal, published twice a year, showcases the literary voices of established authors and emerging writers. Founded by SMC English instructor Jim Krusoe (Blood Lake, Iceland), the Review has presented readers experimental, thoughtful, and funny works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and essays—including works by well-known authors such as Harold Pinter, Gary Soto, Lynn Freed, and National Public Radio’s Alan Cheuse—during its 15 years of publication, and has achieved a reputation as one of the West Coast’s leading journals.
The Spring 2005 issue of Santa Monica Review, edited by Andrew Tonkovich, includes a short story by legendary California writer James D. Houston, co-author with Jeanne Wakatsuki of the classic Farewell to Manzanar and author of the recent award-winning Snow Mountain Passage. Pacific Rim poet and essayist Sharon Doubiago (The Book of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes) debuts sections from her memoir of growing up in Southern California. The issue also features a new short story from Gary Fincke (whose recent collection, Sorry I Worried You, won the 2003 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction) and work from Michelle Latiolais (Even Now), co-director of the prestigious UC Irvine Fiction Writing Program. New work from first-time contributors is also presented.
This issue of Santa Monica Review is available for sale at the SMC Bookstore, Dutton’s Brentwood, Beyond Baroque in Venice, and other local booksellers. Copies are also available by mail and by subscription through Santa Monica Review, Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405.
For more information—including reading events, past issues, links, and recommended reading—please visit our website (www.smc.edu/sm_review) or call (310) 434-3597.
Santa Monica Review • $7/issue • $12/year subscription
Santa Monica Review once again hosts a booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this Spring. Stop by to pick up a free copy of Santa Monica Review and to meet and chat with our editorial staff and volunteers. We’d love to see you!
Sat & Sun, April 23 & 24 • 10am • Free • UCLA Campus