Women :: Non-binary :: Art :: Fiction :: Poetry
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the July / August 2021 issue of West Trestle Review, also known as The Anniversary Issue, as this beauty marks one year since WTR dusted off its traveling coat, tapped its heels three times and said, "There's no place like lit!"
As you know, lit mag lives are sometimes akin to dog lives—too brief—but maybe some journals are more feline, leaping up nimbly after each tumble from the oak branch. I hope that's true for WTR, perhaps without all of the falling. We are joyous to have landed on our feet after a complicated year.
One leap we've made in celebration of our trip around the sun is the first-ever West Trestle Poetry Award, judged by the fabulous Noor Hindi! Hindi is a Palestinian-American poet and the Equity and Inclusion Reporter forThe Devil Strip Magazine. We are thrilled that she agreed to join us for this adventure, about which you will find more information right here.
While you are perusing the contest, don't forget to check out this dazzling new issue! We are pleased to feature encaustic art by Chizu Omori (read Omori's interview here), a trip to the 1990s in Mary Biddinger's story, "Photos We Never Took in 1998," as well as Sonia FL Leung's life-altering stay in the Chunking Mansions in her nonfiction piece, "Home of Lost Souls." And the issue features stunning poetry by Tiffany Babb, Brittney Corrigan, Alexa Doran, Catherine Gander, Praniti Gulyani, Jasmine Harris, Kathleen Hellen, Katherine Huang, Theresa Pappas, Simone Person, Kathryn Petruccelli, Michele Sharpe and Melody Wang that is so spectacular it will stir you out of your summer stupor—or any kind of stupor, really.
As ever, if you are moved by the work you find in our digital pages, please let our contributors know, share and tag us on social media (and provide a content warning where applicable). Writing and editing is often a lonely place, and WTR strives to build bridges wherever it goes.
Until then, write on!
Patricia Caspers
Founding / Managing Editor
Welcome to the July / August 2021 issue of West Trestle Review, also known as The Anniversary Issue, as this beauty marks one year since WTR dusted off its traveling coat, tapped its heels three times and said, "There's no place like lit!"
As you know, lit mag lives are sometimes akin to dog lives—too brief—but maybe some journals are more feline, leaping up nimbly after each tumble from the oak branch. I hope that's true for WTR, perhaps without all of the falling. We are joyous to have landed on our feet after a complicated year.
One leap we've made in celebration of our trip around the sun is the first-ever West Trestle Poetry Award, judged by the fabulous Noor Hindi! Hindi is a Palestinian-American poet and the Equity and Inclusion Reporter forThe Devil Strip Magazine. We are thrilled that she agreed to join us for this adventure, about which you will find more information right here.
While you are perusing the contest, don't forget to check out this dazzling new issue! We are pleased to feature encaustic art by Chizu Omori (read Omori's interview here), a trip to the 1990s in Mary Biddinger's story, "Photos We Never Took in 1998," as well as Sonia FL Leung's life-altering stay in the Chunking Mansions in her nonfiction piece, "Home of Lost Souls." And the issue features stunning poetry by Tiffany Babb, Brittney Corrigan, Alexa Doran, Catherine Gander, Praniti Gulyani, Jasmine Harris, Kathleen Hellen, Katherine Huang, Theresa Pappas, Simone Person, Kathryn Petruccelli, Michele Sharpe and Melody Wang that is so spectacular it will stir you out of your summer stupor—or any kind of stupor, really.
As ever, if you are moved by the work you find in our digital pages, please let our contributors know, share and tag us on social media (and provide a content warning where applicable). Writing and editing is often a lonely place, and WTR strives to build bridges wherever it goes.
Until then, write on!
Patricia Caspers
Founding / Managing Editor
Art: Chizu Omori, Molly Dunham, & Public Domain