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World Famous in Rhode Island
01/04/2004

Hey, look! The Redwood Review is world famous in Rhode Island:

The Redwood Review, published by the Third Thursday Writers' Group of Newport, includes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography and artwork. As the group's name suggests, they meet on the third Thursday of each month in the venerable Redwood Library.

Publication costs are covered by donations, and the journal itself is distributed for free. You're likely to find a copy in unlikely places, such as restaurants, doctors' offices, even hair salons.

The author, Rhode Island Poet Laureate Tom Chandler, correctly notes that editing "a literary journal requires dedication, an eye and ear for the beauty of words and, of course, the money to create a published text." So much is this true that, although I'm glad to have contributed to "a testament to our [state's] place in the national literary culture," I don't think I'll be publishing the Redwood Review again this year... unless somebody else takes on the burden of finding the money.

Posted by Justin Katz @ 04:46 PM EST