Editor's Note
Dear faithful reader, new reader, web surfer tossed here accidentally by a rogue cyber wave—
Welcome to the new issue of West Trestle Review! Here in Northern California the blossoms have burst forth, and some already shower green fields with their delicate petals, making way for the unfurling leaves of cherry plums. Meanwhile, the daffodowndillies have sprung up seemingly fully formed and as bright as sunshine. It all feels auspicious.
Of course, spring doesn't make bad news go away. There's still so much that's wrong, painful, devastating, in the world, and West Trestle isn't here to pretend otherwise. Our aim is that this issue—filled with gorgeous and heart-aching poetry by Lisa Dominguez-Abraham, Nadia Arioli, Lauren Camp, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bella, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Julie Cheung, Diana Marie Delgado, Ysabel Y. Gonzalez, Sonia Greenfield, Nora Hikari, Alicia Hoffman, Melissa Fite Johnson, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Robin Turner, and A.A. Vincent with art by Natascha Graham and Molly Dunham—be further testament to the powerful spirit of artists and writers. Creative folx are a kind of chrysalis, with the ability to take what's painful, dissolve it into a puddle of its essence, and transmute it, if not into something beautiful, into something that says, "I see you."
We see you.
As always, if you appreciate what you find in these virtual pages, please do give a shout-out to our contributors on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Our hope is to be a metaphorical trestle in the lit community, connecting and uplifting the important work done by women and non-binary creators.
Thank you for all you do, and for reading West Trestle Review.
Write on!
Patricia Caspers
Founding / Managing Editor
Welcome to the new issue of West Trestle Review! Here in Northern California the blossoms have burst forth, and some already shower green fields with their delicate petals, making way for the unfurling leaves of cherry plums. Meanwhile, the daffodowndillies have sprung up seemingly fully formed and as bright as sunshine. It all feels auspicious.
Of course, spring doesn't make bad news go away. There's still so much that's wrong, painful, devastating, in the world, and West Trestle isn't here to pretend otherwise. Our aim is that this issue—filled with gorgeous and heart-aching poetry by Lisa Dominguez-Abraham, Nadia Arioli, Lauren Camp, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bella, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Julie Cheung, Diana Marie Delgado, Ysabel Y. Gonzalez, Sonia Greenfield, Nora Hikari, Alicia Hoffman, Melissa Fite Johnson, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Robin Turner, and A.A. Vincent with art by Natascha Graham and Molly Dunham—be further testament to the powerful spirit of artists and writers. Creative folx are a kind of chrysalis, with the ability to take what's painful, dissolve it into a puddle of its essence, and transmute it, if not into something beautiful, into something that says, "I see you."
We see you.
As always, if you appreciate what you find in these virtual pages, please do give a shout-out to our contributors on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Our hope is to be a metaphorical trestle in the lit community, connecting and uplifting the important work done by women and non-binary creators.
Thank you for all you do, and for reading West Trestle Review.
Write on!
Patricia Caspers
Founding / Managing Editor
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