Maria S. Picone

Maria S. Picone has an MFA from Goddard College. Her work appears in the Homestead Review, Vine Leaves Literary Journal, GTK Creative, and, of course, the Magnolia Review. Her photography documents the interesting and unusual places she’s been, including Cambodia, Uganda, and Australia. Her Twitter is @mspicone, and her website is mariaspicone.com.

Water Kinesis 1, Water Kinesis 2, and Water Kinesis 3, Volume 1, Issue 2
Elephant in the Forest and Brink of the Nile, Volume 2, Issue 2

Migration, Tell the Story, and A Moment of Silence, Volume 6, Issue 2

Interview

Volume 1, Issue 2

Welcome to the second issue of The Magnolia Review!

To download the PDF, click TMR Volume 1 Issue 2 July 2015.

For the ePub version, click here.

Thank you, and enjoy the second issue!

Correction: Sally Deskins’ pieces use text from Laura Madeline Wiseman.

Contributors for Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2015: Michael Albright, Amy Bassin, Danny P. Barbare, Roy Bentley, Mark Blickley, Katarina Boudreaux, Barbara Brooks, Audrey Carroll, Yuan Changming, Dylan Debeli, Christine Degenaars, Sally Deskins, George Drew, James English , Richard Fein, Ruth Foley, Erin Darby Gesell, Mitchell Grabois, William A. Greenfield, Zebulon Huset, James Croal Jackson, Seth Jani, Janne Karlsson, Robert S. King, Monique Kluczykowski, Lavana Kray, Thom Kunz ,Charlene Langfur, Christine M. Lasek, Andrew Lindquist, Taidgh Lynch, Carolyn Martin, Brendan McDonnell, Michael P. McManus, Brian McRoberts, Todd Mercer, Abigail Parlier, Michael Passafiume, Richard King Perkins II, Maria Picone, Frederick Pollack, Sally Reece, Jessica Robinson, Allison Rosh, Mark Antony Rossi, Terry Savoie, Domenic Scopa, Ruth E. Towne, Bill Vernon, Terri Hadley Ward, Bill Wolak

Reviews for Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2015:The Bones of Us by J. Bradley and Adam Scott Mazer, Sylph by Abigail Cloud, I Will Love You For the Rest of My Life by Michael Czyzniejewski, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan, Praying Drunk: Stories, Questions by Kyle Minor, and The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil.

Interview for Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2015: A Dance with Demons, and Other Melancholies, Interview with Abigail Cloud, author of Sylph, winner of the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize.

Issue 2 is almost here!

The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 2 will be available next Wednesday, July 15!

Here’s a sneak peek at our cover.

TMR 1.2 cover

For the second issue of The Magnolia Review, 12 artists submitted 47 pieces of art and photography, 20 creative nonfiction writers submitted 25 creative nonfiction pieces, 69 fiction writers submitted 71 stories, and 100 poets submitted 447 poems.

Volume 1, Issue 1

Welcome to the first issue of The Magnolia Review!

To download the PDF, click The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2015.

Thank you, and enjoy the first issue!

Contributors: Gary Beck, Michael K. Brantley, Jeff Burt, Janet Butler, Valentina Cano, Matt Chamberlain, Chloe Cherubin, William Doreski, Carolyn D. Elias, Daniel von der Embse, Jeanpaul Ferro, C.S. Fuqua, Trina Gaynon, Howie Good, Mitchell Grabois, Allison Grayhurst, Julie Graziano, John Grey, Sarah Grodzinski, Sarah Jane Hodge, Henry Hughes, Clinton Van Inman,  Mark Jackley, Caitlin Johnson, Patrick Kelling, Alexandra Kolker, Robert Krantz, Taidgh Lynch, Nathen Martin, Tom Montag, Anne Britting Oleson, Sergio A. Ortiz, Richard King Perkins II, Breanna Ridgeway, J.R. Solonche, Louis Staeble, Charles F. Thielman, Sarah Brown Weitzman, D.S. West, Ernest Williamson III, and Omer Zamir.

Issue 1 is almost here!

The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 1 will be available tomorrow!

Here’s a sneak peek at our cover.

TMR Volume 1 Issue 1 CoverFor the first issue of The Magnolia Review, 13 artists submitted 41 pieces of art and photography, 21 creative nonfiction writers submitted 23 creative nonfiction pieces, 60 fiction writers submitted 68 stories, and 125 poets submitted 540 poems.