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
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Elaine Showalter’s A Jury of Her Peers
BY KATIE CONNOR, Managing Editor On the whole, I tend to shy away from books on women writers. I feel targeted, for one. Because I am a writer and a woman, it is assumed that I want to read women writers. Secondly, these type of groupings often do more harm than good as far as … Continue reading Elaine Showalter’s A Jury of Her Peers
Writers in the Community
BY KATIE CONNOR, Managing Editor At AWP last week, I had the pleasure of sharing a panel with Susan Richards Shreve, accomplished author and board member ofthe PEN/Faulkner Foundation, which runs Writers in Schools, and Mara O’Brien, Executive Director of 826 Chicago. A humbling experience, it was nevertheless great to see writers share their talents with … Continue reading Writers in the Community
Well Tower’s Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
BY KATIE CONNOR, Managing Editor I once heard a comedian say that humor should never be explained. Once a joke is dissected to reveal why exactly it’s funny, it falls apart and lies before us, so utterly humorless. Clearly this rule does not apply to writers, as we cannot help ourselves; we are nothing if not dissectors. Yet … Continue reading Well Tower’s Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
Introducing Katie Connor
As your Managing Editor, you must not consider me a superior, as the word “manager” suggests. In this photo, I am tidied up in satin and lace, with birthday gifts at my side. A well-mannered youth. Ah, but consider those grubby hands! The hands tell a different story, one of harsh … Continue reading Introducing Katie Connor
