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November 2024 Web Feature by Anna Carvlin Anna Carvlin is a public health advocate and aspiring career writer. She has a master’s degree in public health from Tulane, a certificate in creative writing from the Santa Fe Community College, and is working on a Master of Arts in English from Eastern New Mexico University. Carvlin’s…

September 2024 Web Feature by Jeremy Kinter Jeremy is a writer based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. His non-fiction piece “Shitkicker” has been published in The Blue Mesa Review. He graduated with an English Literature and Southwestern History Degree from Western New Mexico University. He has edited and written for several local publications including pyragraph.com.…

April 2024 Web Feature by Denise Hopkins Denise Bickford Hopkins (They/Theirs) is a queer poet originally from mid-coast Maine. They hold their BA in English & Anthropology from the University of Maine and their MFA in Creative Writing from Boise State University. Their work has appeared in Foglifter, Baest, Oroboro, and Stolen Island, among others.…

September 2023 Web Feature by Andy Spisak Andy Spisak was born in New Jersey and earned degrees at Boston University and Tufts University. After working for several years in public policy and economics, he has begun a new career in writing. His short stories have been published in Adelaide Literary Magazine, October Hill Magazine, and…

March 2023 El Portal Web feature by Leslie Armstrong Leslie Armstrong has published three books: The Little House, CollierMacmillan (1979); and Space for Dance: An Architectural Design Guide(1984), and in 2020, Girl Intrepid: A New York Story of Privilege andPerseverance, a memoir.) Brownstones by Leslie Armstrong I am a city girl. Houses for me have…

Timothy Dodd is from Mink Shoals, West Virginia in the heart of Appalachia. He is the author of short story collections Fissures and Other Stories (Bottom Dog Press), Men in Midnight Bloom (Cowboy Jamboree Press), and Mortality Birds (Southernmost Books, with Steve Lambert), as well as the poetry collection, Modern Ancient (High Window Press), In addition to appearing in earlier editions of El Portal,…

January Web Feature by Anthony Kane Evans Anthony Kane Evans has had around sixty-five short stories published in various UK, French, US, Canadian, Nigerian, Singaporean, and Australian literary journals, e-zines, and anthologies. Journals include London Magazine (UK), Orbis Quarterly International Literary Journal (UK), The Tusculum Review (US), Going Down Swinging (Australia), and The Antigonish Review…

December Web Feature by Ronald L. Grimes Ronald L. Grimes grew up in Clovis, New Mexico. He is a writer and filmmaker living in Ontario, Canada. Among his publications are: “The Backsides of White Souls,” “My Book, My Self,” and “A Pack a Day” (Canadian Notes & Queries). “Boundary Bound” and “His Heart Has Wheels”…

November Web Feature by Robin Blackburn McBride Robin Blackburn McBride holds degrees in English, Drama, and Education from the University of Toronto. She is a member of Amnesty International Canada and PEN Canada and an active supporter of environmental causes, including the preservation of old-growth forests. A Shock of Blue by Robin Blackburn McBride Dust lingered everywhere—on the chalkboard and tablets, on sweaty fingers rubbing out answers and rewriting them,…

October Web Feature by W. Arnold Yasinski Arnold Yasinski wrote his first poem when he was fifty years old and hassince published fifty others in American poetry journals. His firstcollection of poems, Proposition, was published by 21st CenturyRenaissance in Ireland (January 2020). Staying Alive by W. Arnold Yasinski On the other side of my new…

Colin Dodds is a writer with several books to his name, including Ms. Never and Windfall. He grew up in Massachusetts and lived in California briefly, before finishing his education in New York City. Since then, he’s made his living as a journalist, editor, copywriter and video producer. His work has appeared in Gothamist, The Washington Post and…

August Web Feature by Cindy Gentry Cindy Gentry has enjoyed creative pursuits her whole life, and began creating artwork in 2018, after a move to New Mexico. She grew up in the mountains of Montana, to a father who taught her to love nature through his career with Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and a mother…

July Web Feature by Emily Eddins Emily Eddins is a multi-genre author of poems, short stories and essays. Her poetry, creative nonfiction, and short fiction have appeared in more than twenty publications including the Willow Review, The Louisville Review, The Round, Toad Suck Review, Forge, Front Porch, The Cape Rock, and others. Her humorous essay collection, Altitude Adjustment, reached the…

June Web Feature by Kathryn Pope Kathryn Pope’s poetry, fiction, journalism, and creative nonfiction have appeared in The Cape Rock, Brushfire, Gulf Stream Magazine, Teleread, Parenting Magazine, and Emerald City. She holds an MFA in creative writing and an MA degree in urban sustainability. Kathryn is a faculty member and writing instructor at Antioch University. She enjoys knitting, spinning yarn, and sending handwritten…

May Web Feature by Iacyr Anderson Freitas Translated from Portuguese by Desirée Jung IACYR ANDERSON FREITAS (1963) is a Brazilian writer who has published more than twenty books of poetry, short stories, and literary essays, having been translated into several languages, in more than fifteen countries. His works have won many important prizes, to cite…

by Ronald L. Grimes We had no choice. Uncle Oscar wouldn’t loan our family enough money to drill an irrigation well, so we were forced off our land. Our parents, Miles and Nelda Kleeman, traded our mortgaged sandy farm for Hillcrest Skateland in Clovis, New Mexico. We kids were delighted to move into town. We…

March Web Feature by Darren Demaree if/in #92 by Darren Demare i do not sleep on my belly i do not sleep i fall to crash the same way good music ends too early to dance on the capital