BY ANTHONY COOK, Editor-in-Chief It’s a sad fact of life here at Sycamore Review. Because we are a graduate student-run publication, our editors change every year or two. This summer, four staffers will be leaving us: Managing Editor Katie Connor, Fiction Editor James Xiao, Nonfiction Editor Ruth Joynton, and Assistant Director of Creative Writing Chris … Continue reading Wishing the Best To Our Outgoing Editors
Tag: Christopher Feliciano Arnold
Stories to check out in Ecotone, Cincinnati Review
BY ANTHONY COOK, Editor-in-Chief Though I’m not usually in the habit of sending our readers elsewhere, I’ve got to plug two stories recently published or coming out soon in Ecotone and the Cincinnati Review. These are the kinds of stories we’d love to publish, but alas, the writers are current or recently graduated Sycamore staffers, … Continue reading Stories to check out in Ecotone, Cincinnati Review
The Audio Files: An Interview with Donald Ray Pollock
Donald Ray Pollock, author of the linked short story collection, Knockemstiff, sat down to talk withSycamore Review’s Christopher Feliciano Arnold during a visit to Purdue University in September. You can click on the following links to listen to audio clips from the conversation. A transcript of the interview follows. Clip 1: On writing and working … Continue reading The Audio Files: An Interview with Donald Ray Pollock
Through the Underground: Rawi Hage’s Cockroach
BY CHRISTOPHER FELICIANO ARNOLD The narrator of Rawi Hage’s second novel is a nameless immigrant from a nameless war-torn country, struggling to survive in Montreal, “this city with its case of chronic snow.” The story opens shortly after his botched attempt to hang himself in a city park. This failed suicide results in court mandated … Continue reading Through the Underground: Rawi Hage’s Cockroach
Congratulations
BY THERESA SMITH While I still have a blog ID, I’m going to embarrass and offer public congratulations to some members of our staff. First to our editor, Mehdi Okasi, who recently won a statewide National Society of Letters contest and gave a reading down in Bloomington Sunday. Also congratulations to our rising Assistant Director … Continue reading Congratulations
