the Review
 
Issue Number 21- Spring 2002

 

'Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators'

Albert Camus
 
Editorial Comment Highlights
 

As successful contributors to this, the 21st issue of The Claremont Review, will soon learn, the writers journey is complex and life-changing. Writing is a brave act, certainly not one for the weak of heart

 
Erica Jong says, 'Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places it leads.'
 

 

Writers who take their craft seriously, that is, those who dare to write for more than their sock and underwear drawer, know they are at risk.

 
Serious writers are keen observers and our best writers are the keenest of them all. Nothing that happens to a writer is useless. No experience is completely empty.

     
Table of Contents
 
cover art: in a pinch by Gillian Jones
fiction
 
Allison Chan Moon Face
Gavin Lawrence Bowling Shoes
Allison Chan Railway Ghost
Laura Ishiguro Swollen
Deanna Woods Hola, Dave
Adrienne Renton Empty Box
Digging
Bindu Suresh Kendalle Snatches
Andrea Kvemshagen You Can Take Them Out . . .
Jillian Aquino Mothballs
Mary
Soup
Candice May Reflections
Bowls and Bowls of Popcorn
Martina Avis Bus Driver
Amy Stevenson One Queen. Two Kings.
Laura Ishiguro This is how we make love
Brett Harper New York Summer, 1937
Nicole Vrooman Dangle
Becky Cotter Running Out of Love
Michelle Spencer Eyeliner
Hanna Sander-Green Pokemon Ball
Laura Ishiguro Bruised
   
poetry  
Andrea Kvemshagen My Spine
Adrienne Renton Two Poems
James Herriot Three Poems
Laura Ann Wolf Where She Is
Brett Harper Two Poems
Kyra Duheme On the Plains of Africa
Kendra Underwood endless shoes
Nikki Dodd Writer's Block
Angie Gerretsen Immigration to Canada:
Heather Salisbury Last Leap
Anna Wren Two Poems
Kait Renfrew Two Poems
Amy Lam Two Poems
Matthew Shugart the only two feared men
Kira Tozer Sentosa
Amy Stevenson The Rough Texture of Today
Jillian Aquino Two Poems
   
visual arts  
Gillian Jones Front Cover
Genevieve Richie Longing
Jason Tsai Rooftop
   
miscellaneous  
Notes On Contributors