Issue 41 - Spring 2012
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This Issue...
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anyone who can write better.
These thoughts by A. J. Liebling, encapsulate the dilemma all writers face. Well-crafted writing takes time, with liberal doses of anxiety along the way. This issue of The Claremont Review showcases what happens when young writers, perhaps unknowingly, share the premise of A. J. Liebling.
The 2012 spring issue is heavily weighted with fiction. Not sure how this happens, but the evidence is clear as readers will find when they are absorbed by fourteen fictional stories.
Editorial boards publish what grabs them and sometimes the conception of a story, such as “Food For Thought,” is what does it. Often it is fine detail as you will discover in “The Days of Silkworm”. An enticing plot, like we experience in “New Cartography,” keeps the reader on the edge of whatever they are sitting on, and it’s always exciting to discover a story with resonant language and pertinent dialogue, such as you’ll find in “Breaking Point”. Some pieces, such as “Memento,” are densely packed with conflict, the resolution of which fashions the journey of one’s reading. Strong or quirky character traits often translate into memorable phrases and this is alarmingly the case in the story “Kisser”.
All of the fiction published here embraces at least several of these traits in some mysteriously convincing fashion that spells story.
The poetry in this volume speaks for itself as you will see. Uniquely with this issue—in smaller portions—these poems offer budding writers exquisite models to emulate.
Congratulations to those able to trace their creative efforts to the pages of The Claremont Review. You have learned well to write better, not faster.
- Claremont Review Spring 2012