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Poetry: Michelle Brittan: The Sky Will Look White 02/07/2012

Michelle Brittan’s poem appears in Issue 10 of LAR. Read More

Editor Blog: Now Open to Submissions 01/31/2012

Submissions for our 12th issue are now open. This issue, dedicated to Ron Carlson, will be published in October, 2012. Submissions will close on April 30. See our guidelines here.

Fiction: Jensen Beach: Priest Lake, Idaho 01/23/2012

Jensen Beach’s “Priest Lake, Idaho” appears in The Los Angeles Review Issue 10. Read More

Nonfiction: Janet Buttenwieser: The New Year 01/02/2012

Janet Buttenwieser’s essay “The New Year” appears in Issue 10 of The Los Angeles Review. Read More

Reviews: Creating a Literary Space vs. Building a Platform 08/25/2011

By Ramola D

It’s no secret, this mantra we often hear from agents, publicists, publishers, about the need to “build a platform” to attract attention to one’s work—but how many of us are attracted to this idea? Read More

Translation: A Fraction of the World: Matt Reeck on Translation 05/16/2011

When I began translating Saadat Hasan Manto, a fellow writer—a mentor, and moreover one sympathetic to my interest in India and its literature—told me a market publishing house would never touch it. I suggested that he didn’t know how good it was. He said it didn’t matter; Urdu was too far removed from people’s expectations. Read More

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09/19/2009

We are now open to submissions for Issue 12, dedicated to Ron Carlson. We will close to submissions for Issue 12 on April 30, 2012. Please review our guidelines here.

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