Joyce Goldenstern

A poem from Palestine

Pushcart Nomination

“The Militant Grammarian is devoted to bringing the best experimental fiction to the web. [Its] small staff is committed to an aesthetic of bold weirdness and boundary-pushing—the types of stories that other publications might consider too esoteric or theoretical or cerebral. . . .the stories that . . . deserve to be out in the world.”Continue reading “Pushcart Nomination”

Shifting Literacies when Reading Stories with Magic

I know of two short stories set during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 to 1920: “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” by Katherine Anne Porter and “Carried Away” by Alice Munro. Coincidently these are two of my favorite stories. Both stories are predominently realistic, but both go beyond realism to ride a wave of dream imageryContinue reading “Shifting Literacies when Reading Stories with Magic”

After Hours

After Hours is a journal of Chicago writing and art started in 2000 by Albert DeGenova. Because I tend not to keep up on anything other than national news (not fashion, not best sellers, not pop music), I only recently learned about it and decided to submit, thinking I would like to be on recordContinue reading “After Hours”

Goodbye, Goodbye

Editor John Zheng reminds us in his introduction to a special issue on the theme goodbye (of Valley Voices: A Literary Review) that goodbye can mean many things –“departure, detachment, death, divorce, breakup, change for a new life, promising career, or bright future.” The word recalls for him finally being able to leave the villageContinue reading “Goodbye, Goodbye”