POET AND WRITER FIONA SZE-LORRAIN Antioch Review contributor interview: Tell us about you. FIONA: I am a poet, literary translator, and Zheng harpist. Read the entire interview review.antiochcollege.org/fiona-sze-lorr… We hope you enjoy and learn from her experiences.

Antioch Review contributor Joyce Carol Oates was recently interviewed by Deborah Treisman of The New Yorker in her piece "Joyce Carol Oates On Catastrophizing and Environmental Collapse" bit.ly/2IAe5RP review.antiochcollege.org/search/node/Jo…

In Memoriam: Rick DeMarinis (May 3, 1934 – June 12, 2019) We mourn the death of a friend and contributor. His first piece, “The Flowers of Boredom” appeared in our “My Father’s Shoes” (Winter 1988; cover pictured) review.antiochcollege.edu/search/node/de…

Looking for the perfect gift? May we suggest buying an issue that fits the personality of the gift recipient or giving a subscription to the Antioch Review. review.antiochcollege.edu Electronic & print subscriptions are available. Audio recordings for the visually impaired offered.

Antioch College archivist Scott Sanders sent us a fun find from 1941 that we think you, too, will enjoy. See the full image here review.antiochcollege.org/fun-find-1941

Congratulations to Maureen Pilkington whose book “This Side of Water Stories” is the winner of the 2019 American Fiction Award in the short story category bit.ly/33txFrp See Pilkington’s contributions to the “Antioch Review” here review.antiochcollege.org/search/node/ma…

Congratulations to Magie Dominic who has been very busy and quite successful! > broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadw… > glreview.org/portrait-of-a-… > patch.com/new-york/chels… > mariandale.org/event/a-writer… Dominic’s contributions to the Antioch Review review.antiochcollege.org/search/node/ma…

Antioch Review contributor Marvin Kitman-finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, '82-recent book is Gullible's Travels: A Comical History of the Trump Era (sevenstories.com/books/4208-gul…). Kitman’s contributions to the Antioch Review review.antiochcollege.org/search/node/Ma…

December 3rd is “Giving Tuesday.” May we ask for your support of one of the oldest, independent, literary magazines that has published independent writers, exceptional poets, and brilliant thinkers for over 75 years? review.antiochcollege.org/contribute-75-…

IN MEMORIAM: CAROLL SPINNEY (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) We mourn the death of Caroll Spinney puppeteer and friend of the Antioch Review. Spinney’s spunky spirit, wise wit, and lively life lessons will be missed here and elsewhere. review.antiochcollege.edu/memoriam-carol…

Read about postmodernist African-American painter/printmaker Emma Amos; works are scheduled to go to the Smithsonian. Jay Tuck’s “Mankind’s Greatest Challenge: Artificial Intelligence” is a well-founded call for caution in the wild west of virtual reality review.antiochcollege.org/summer-2019

Congratulations Michael W. Thomas (review.antiochcollege.org/spring-2002). The Stations of the Day, Thomas again justifies Alison Brackenbury’s commendation of his work: ‘His poems are rich with the details of past and present lives . . . blackpear.net/authors-and-bo…

review.antiochcollege.org/fall-2019 Heinrich Böll’s “Cause of Death: Hooked Nose” captures Nobel laureate Böll’s vivid imagery about the corollary of unfettered hatred, unchallenged propaganda, and fearful inertia for countries, communities, and consciences. Poignant then. Pertinent today."

Congratulations to Antioch Review contributor Joan Frank whose new collection TRY TO GET LOST: ESSAYS ON TRAVEL AND PLACE has won the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Prize. joanfrank.org/works.htm review.antiochcollege.org/search/node/%2…. bit.ly/36ue5fm

DUOTROPE HIGHLIGHTS THE ANTIOCH REVIEW Thank you to Duotrope, an award-winning, online resource for writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as visual artists, who highlighted the Antioch Review in their social media facebook.com/Duotrope/

Vol. 77, No. 2 BOOK REVIEW CRUDE ANGEL BY SUZANNE CLEARY This chatty, inquisitive collection celebrates the eccentric and inventive, with subjects ranging from Lawrence Welk to Angela Kumpe, specialist in the fur-sculpting art of “dog topiary.” review.antiochcollege.org/book-review-cr…

ANTIOCH REVIEW CONTRIBUTORS NOMINATED FOR THE PUSHCART PRIZE: BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES (45th Edition) > Maureen McCoy “Ghost Girl at the Polka Dot Cleaners” > Magie Dominic “On Waking in a Small Quiet Room” > Patty Seyburn “Everything Matters” rb.gy/rqcpyb

KEEP CALM AND READ ON . . . Throughout history, the power of words have inspired us to “keep calm and carry on” in the best of times and in the worse moments. Read the entire post bit.ly/2vPdecP

SEEKING SUGGESTED READINGS? The Antioch Review Top 100 includes The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Robert K. Merton (Summer, 1948) and Power and Authority: An Interpretation of Golding's "Lord of the Flies" David Spitz (Spring, 1970) review.antiochcollege.org/top-100-jan-1-…

CONGRATULATIONS TO BEST NEW POETS 2020 MAGAZINE NOMINEES Michael Fulop for "A Painting by Seurat", (review.antiochcollege.org/summer-2019) And Warren Slesinger for "Alone" (review.antiochcollege.org/winter-2019)