The Grove Review is a literary journal dedicated to serving writers and artists by offering a first-rate venue for publishing their craft. Our primary intent is to foster a vibrant artistic community. We offer our readers a rich selection of creative work, rooted in the artistic talent here in the Pacific Northwest and extending to artists around the world.
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"If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else." - Nikki Giovanni
Our Current Issue - Volume 2, Number 2
The Grove Review Volume 2, Number 2 is available at select booksellers and galleries in Portland. Here is a sample of featured artists:
Poetry
Talvikki Ansel - Unsettled Weather (I)
Christina Forest - Doctor Appointment
Beth Martinelli - Bluebeard
Derek Sheffield - Stewards at Work
Short Fiction
Susan Lumenello - A Long Wait for Professor Ferry
Patrick Roscoe - Poppies Always Fall
Visual Art
James Kincaid - The Money Tree
Lincoln Barbour - Leaf
Shelley Chamberlin - it could have been me; it was me
Single issues are $12 (U.S.)/$22 (International). Subscriptions are also available for $20 (U.S.) and ($36 (International)
On Poetry Interview Series: Lia Purpura
In the following interview exceprt, Lia Purpura describes her complicated transformation from a young woman studying "Women's Studies" at Oberlin College, to her pursuit of poetry at the Iowa Writer's Workshop,to her current role as an accomplished writer, teacher, and mother.Never afraid to look at the hard things of life, she acknowledges that hope lies not in ease, but in accepting the daily practice ofattentiveness. Her prose is rhythmic, musical, and probing, her poems lyrical, sensual, and honest. Whether writing about acorns, icons, her son, or an autopsy, Lia faces chaos and beauty with an unflinching eye. Read more...