Views and Mechanics Publisher's Note Editor's Note Review of Terrorist Review of God's Gym Review of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight Creative Nonfiction Ain't Is A Word By Marcie Hollowell & Kristen Munch Love Under the Big Top By Andy Martello Revival By Brenda G. Wooley Poetry Letting Go Wish By Antoinette Brim Pam Farwick By G. David Schwartz Confession While Dining By Mary Lou Taylor Homeschooling Adventures By Beth Happel Fiction Ike Experiences Vanity By Sidney Kidd What Keeps Me Alive By Paul Brittain Minor Damage By Jane Hammons How To Cook for Your In-Laws By Ricky Ginsburg About the Contributors © 2006, River Walk Journal and respective authors and artists. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce without permission. River Walk Journal, Inc. Board of Directors Chairman - Elizabeth Ross Vice Chairman - Joseph Koch Secretary/Treasurer - Geri Stock-Ross Editorial Director - Patti Kurtz, DA Literacy Director - Bill Mausteller Policy Director - PA State Rep. Jess Stairs Advisory Board Chairman - Patti Kurtz, DA Asst. Chairman - Dan Lachenman, PhD Samuel Hazo Christopher Leland Edwin Yoder Joseph Bathanti Journal Staff Publisher - Elizabeth Ross Editor-In-Chief - Joseph Koch Sen. Fiction Editor - Patti Kurtz Sen. Poetry Editor - Neeldhara Misra Sen. Creative Nonfiction Editor - Brenda Coxe Contributing Editor - Robert Dittman Publicity Director (PA) - Geri Stock-Ross For information about submissions, visit http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/subs.html. Questions about promotions, subscribers' services, and advertising should be sent to publisher@riverwalkjournal.org. River Walk Journal, Inc. is a non-profit corporation run entirely by volunteers. For information about volunteer opportunities and internships, visit VolunteerMatch. |
Editor's Note Welcome to the September/October 2006 issue of River Walk Journal. For fiction this time we have several new offerings. Jane Hammons’ “Minor Damage” is about how a daughter and mother make the painful and ultimately enlightening journey through the baggage of their pasts, to the new day of renewed understanding of each other. On a different note, we have Paul Brittain’s “What Keeps Me Alive” and “Ike Experiences Vanity” by Sydney Kidd. These stories both explore the ways that circumstances can change people, and how people, adapt in their own quirky, unique ways to what life throws at them. Ricky Ginsberg’s “How to cook for your in-laws, Or:There’s no cayenne pepper in apple sauce” rounds out fiction this time around. This piece is an irreverent look at what the expectations of family can do to domestic tranquility when the entire clan drops in for dinner. Our creative non-fiction selection for this issue is a bit different. We have more traditional memoir-style writing in Brenda G. Wooley’s “Revival”, which examines a southern Baptist congregation from the inside out. We also have Andy Martello’s “Love Under the Big Top”, which chronicles his short-lived but forever memorable romance with a fellow “carnie”. Rounding out creative non-fiction is “Ain’t is a word”. This piece is unique for us because it’s actually a reprint of a scholarly article that the staff thought was important enough to include in our magazine as soon as we saw it. This issue’s poetry selections are reflective, like the moon’s reflection in a pond some autumn evening. We have Antoinette Brim’s “Letting Go Wish”, a reflection on the potential inherent in just a little bit of patience. We also have different shades of colorful whimsy in Mary Lou Taylor’s “Confessions While Dining”, G. David Schwartz’s “Pam Farwick”, and the sublime musings of Beth Happel’s “Home Schooling Adventures”. Joseph Koch |