Truth Thomas Times Two
From Tennessee to the Gaza Strip, Truth Thomas’ genius lies in his ability to take us places where we’ve never been before…the message is always clear, the craft exquisite and masterful. –Randall...
View ArticleWriting Past Taboo: The Truth Thomas Poetry Workshop
Truth Thomas (Photo: Melanie Henderson) In the Twenty-First Century, the rate of black unemployment is double that of whites in America, and a new Jim Crow exists where there are more black men in jail...
View ArticleMeet the Neighbors: Enoch Pratt Free Library
A journal like Little Patuxent Review requires a vibrant literary and artistic community to thrive–and even survive. In appreciation of the cultural entities around us, we present “Meet the Neighbors,”...
View ArticleOn Being Invisible: Our Nation’s Veterans
This essay is part of a series inspired by our Winter 2012 Social Justice issue. The first one was posted September 2011, and all feature people who have helped make marginalized segments of our world...
View ArticleLPR’s Exciting New Program for Young Writers
LPR is gearing up for our first-ever Middle School Writers Festival. It’s a project that will be driven by and generate enthusiasm for writing, but we also need some help from you to make it happen. To...
View ArticleA Safe Space for Students: The Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House
As a sophomore at the University of Maryland, I joined the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House, a living-learning program that puts students interested in creative writing in one dormitory and conducts...
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