Ariel K. Moniz, Author at The Hyacinth Review

Interview: That Very Place Author Mary Ann McGuigan

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Mary Ann McGuigan’s stories have appeared in The Sun, Massachusetts Review, and many other journals. Her collection PIECES: A Novel in Stories includes fiction named for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. That Very Place, her new story collection, is described as “a deeply moving descent into the human heart and all its conflicts.” Her creative nonfiction…

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Interview: Every Storm Is A Message Author Kris Spencer

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Kris Spencer is a teacher and writer based in London. He has two poetry collections, Life Drawing (2022) and Contact Sheets (2024), published by Kelsay Books. His debut novel, Every Storm is a Message (2025) is published by Holand Press. His third poetry collection, Slack Land, is due for publication in December 2025. Every Storm…

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Interview: Illustrator Peter Glanting

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Based in Portland, Oregon, Peter Glanting is an illustrator and UX designer who writes about the intersection of humor and mental health. His fascination with engravings, wood block prints, hatching, and linear halftone shine through in his own work, which instantly struck us as something special. He holds a B.A. in English from the University…

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Our Summer Favorites: 2025

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Summer has arrived! The world is humming in shades of green, the sun is ever-present, and we are melting. While we have left the milder pleasures of Spring behind us, we are doing what we can to embrace the new season before us. So whether you’re looking for something to read on the beach, new…

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Interview: Paris-Based Poet Giselle Linder

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 03 May 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Giselle Linder is an Australian-born poet, artist, and actress currently based in Paris, France. Her debut poetry collection, City Gothic, was released in 2023 by indie publisher Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing, and was followed by a sophomore collection, Are You Having a Good Time Yet?, in March 2025. Her work has also been included in…

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Our Winter Favorites: 2025

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Here we are in 2025 with a whole new year ahead of us. We have missed sharing updates with you all, so we are hoping to revive that tradition with seasonal columns sharing what inspired, moved, or interested us most as of late. As we write this first installment of this series, we find ourselves…

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Haiku: Poetic Form Guide

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:50:03 +0000

This post is part of the Poetic Forms series. The haiku is a well-known Japanese form of poetry. Haiku differ slightly between their origin in Japan and the Western world. While in Japan they are commonly written straight across in one line, in the West (and particularly when written in English,) a haiku commonly consists…

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Interview: Dylan B of Dylan’s House Of Shadows

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:00:00 +0000

To ring in the spooky season we’re excited to present Dylan B, a 32 year old artist and musician born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and the creator of Dylan’s House Of Shadows. While his work ranges in medium, a love for Halloween and all things spooky ties it all together into a collection of…

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December: Our Winter Favorites

Terri Pinyerd — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 04:00:00 +0000

As the year comes to a close and the holidays near, another special occasion is upon us – the second anniversary of The Hyacinth Review! When we founded this humanities journal it started off as a way for us to put our own work out into the world in a more formal way, but it…

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The Pantoum: Poetic Forms Guide

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:31:26 +0000

The Pantoum is a poetry form that relies heavily on repitition and the use of quatrains, which are stanzas comprised of four lines. This form allows for a poem of any length, often with the first line and the last line of the poem being the same. Each quatrain follows a pattern in which the…

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