Issue #39
Issue #39 - Spring 2011 |
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Welcome to issue 39 of The Claremont Review, the spring issue. Spring is fast-approaching in Victoria, in spite of one last snow storm that shut the city down for a day (the rest of Canada pointed at their televisions and laughed). Now, the first of the spring lambs are bouncing in Metchosin and the daffodils are beginning to poke through the frosty earth out on the peninsula farmlands. Another sign of spring is our annual writing contest, which closed on March 15. Every year we are impressed by the quality of the writing and the plethora of poems and short fiction submitted by blossoming young writers. Soon, the judges will begin the process of reading and selecting winners, which we look forward to publishing in our fall issue, number 40.
But back to number 39. Margaret Atwood has said, "I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most." We invite you to read the work in this issue and to find pleasure in what we believe is the very best in student writing from around the world. The stories and poetry within these pages reflect familiar themes—sibling rivalry, mother/son relationships, the death of a grandparent, homelessness—however, the writing is fresh and the observations, keen. We love our job as editors at The Claremont Review, because we continue to learn so much from the young writers who send us their poems, fiction, and art. We think you will too. For those who weren’t published this time around, please keep writing; we eagerly await your submissions!
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Table of Contents
Poetry
Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider The Bone Room Zachary Pascual Santella Summer Thoughts Stranger Cliona Quail-Bradley The Stammer Brian Christensen Brain-Powered Breathing Alex Butterfield My Mother’s Homeland A Serious Conversation Adrian Southin What I Should Have Done This Weekend Robyn Van Ek Wanting to Crush him with my Spoon Tara Moon Black and White Photographs Hanna Kyla-Junnila Sylvia Plath Carli Moncrieff Simple as Biting into a Peach First Dirt To Touch Skin Katherine Flitton Biology Class, In Love Alice Gauntley Spent Cia Rolfe How I Loved Your Grandfather Claire MacKay Red Stitching Mitch Cram Talent in Generation Gaga Alexandria Garcia Flesh and Bone To Kill a Spider Leah Flatman Grandpa’s Toast Sara Harding Eulogy Michael Shaw Re-Entry Becky Jansen The Bow Valley 217 Anchor Avenue Glenn Stowell My Bayside Ian Kapron-King Sunsets on Other Planets Dipsea Trail Rowan MacKenzie Trans-Canada Highway A Week’s Worth of Winter Robyn Hope Where To Begin Your Essay Useless Sibling Rivalry Sarah Khan Denial Paralysis Monica Lee A Poem and a Cupcake Migration Elephants Mary Lapp Salamat Farewell to the Coastline To A Half-Sibling Unborn Madeline Peterson It’s Happening Again Horse Vicarious Madeline Goodman Perspective Kaylaa Dornan Reflection Zippo Eric Protzer Ab-o Eryn Sylvester 2010 Ark Fiction
Ian Kapron-King Detachment Kaylaa Dornan Valentine’s Day Julia Ferguson Cold Smoke Carolyn Orr Struggle to Get Afloat Alex Butterfield How My Mother Became a Saint Robyn Hope Sacred Carving Carli Moncrieff Genius Sarah Khan Comfort Food Will Jevne Trail of Tears Miranda Mammen On Opposite Platforms Rachel Ward Harold Leo Marchand Quality Time Mitch Cram On the Road Tara Moon Without Her Wings Sara Harding Opera House Lyn Li Che You Know This Much Visual Arts
Adrian Southin Bikeseat Window Fan Miscellaneous
Contributors's Notes