In Search of Omega – New Fiction by Janna Wagner

In Search of Omega

Joint Winner of the Letter Review Prize for Short Stories. Features: Themes of violence, warfare. February 13, 2022 | The Before I leave Alaska for Haiti in twelve days. I will be in Cité Soleil, abidonville of Port-au-Prince. I find myself here again, sucked by the swell of opposing forces. I crave home and stability yet … Read more

Dark Matter – New Poetry by Dion O’Reilly

Dark Matter

Joint Winner of the Letter Review Prize for Poetry We see so little of the world, a mere corner,they say, though today, nothing seems scanty—the oaks around the meadow, full of spiked leaves and fear- ful band-tails, life’s matrix pulsing every nerve—it’s morethan more: it’s a slow explosion, even if its plentyis mere sliver next … Read more

Nam Mater Mea – New Poetry by Blake Auden

Nam Mater Mea - New Poetry by Blake Auden

Joint Winner of the Letter Review Prize for Poetry i.      In the field,        light cuts across my palms        and draws nothing        but a new shadow. A gift        mistaken for darkness. ii.     In a poem        you can be anything        but a better                            son. iii.    Half a country away,        I carry your name –        a hummingbird                            sleeping        between my palms. iv.    You never taught me        how to suffer, mother.        Which … Read more