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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: Writer & Executive Producer Patsy Iwasaki of The Katsu Goto Documentary

Terri Pinyerd — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Patsy Y. Iwasaki, Ph.D. is an associate professor of English at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. She received her Ph.D. in Learning Design and Technology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and also has an M.Ed. in education. Her research interests and teaching practices include documentary film, instructional design and development, digital humanities,…

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Our Autumn Favorites: 2025

Terri Pinyerd — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The season of mists is upon us, and what better way to celebrate it than with a bit of poetry and our Autumn Favorites? We hope that summer treated you well and we look forward to seeing all of your wonderful work in the upcoming winter open call (keep an eye on your inbox for…

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My Dear Doris

JB Polk — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the little village of Vicuña, Chile, in 1889, the poet known to the world as Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, which she won in 1945 for her “lyric poetry inspired by powerful emotions.” Of humble origins, graced with strong Indigenous…

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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: 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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October: Our Autumnal Favorites

Ariel K. Moniz — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:18:19 +0000

Spooky season has arrived once again, and we’re more than thrilled to be free from the summer heatwaves. To celebrate cooler months, we thought we’d put together a selection of our favorite autumnal picks: books, shows, films, music, art, and more! Also take a look at last year’s October: A Month In Favorites, which is…

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Open Call Announcement + Our June Favorites

Terri Pinyerd — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 03:00:00 +0000

New season, new submissions! To celebrate the summer solstice we’re opening submissions for all mediums under the theme Nautical: We want all your work maritime, oceanic, and seafaring. We want to hear about marine life, the ancestry of sea navigation, the mythos of seagoing people and aquatic mysteries of the deep. We want your coastal…

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