I Will Listen
Opinion piece by Grace Jean-Pierre on being a sexual assault victim advocate.
I Will Listen
Celebrating Five Years of Creative Protest and Freedom
Celebrating Five Years of Creative Protest and Freedom
“He’s the last of the protest singers, Selling truth and commitment, He don’t get much work these days, He’s billed as a novelty act, And he stands there with his thumb out, Hitching a ride towards the rainbow, That only he sees shining there, They say he’s a fool,...
The Gay Worm Turns
The Gay Worm Turns
In the mid-seventies, before the textbook crisis hit Kanawha County, and preachers started Christian schools in church basements all over the valley, I walked down the street to Elkview Elementary School every morning, a new building and an old building on the banks...
Introduction to the Scandal Issue
Introduction to the Scandal Issue
scan·dal /skandl/ noun an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage. "a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters" synonyms: (outrageous) wrongdoing, impropriety, misconduct, immoral behavior, unethical behavior,...
Welcome to the Lost and Found Issue
Welcome to the Lost and Found Issue
The eleven prose pieces in this issue of Atticus Review portray and investigate various forms of loss, from the loss of family and lovers to the loss of childhood and innocence to the loss of faith and more. These stories also share in common reclamation. What the...
An Introduction to the Severe Weather Issue
An Introduction to the Severe Weather Issue
Severe weather events imprint upon us, not so unlike the way they affect the rings of a tree trunk. Tree rings tell the story of a tree’s life, and the story of a tree’s life is also the story of its environment. Here where the rings are thick, we know the tree...
Singularly Human, Collectively Whole
Singularly Human, Collectively Whole
I own a signed first edition of Raymond Carver’s story collection, Where I’m Calling From. It’s one of my prized possessions. It brings together so much of what I love about literature: masterful writing that captures the human condition and illustrates American...
A Different Sort of Sustenance: Introduction to the Feast Issue
A Different Sort of Sustenance: Introduction to the Feast Issue
One of the definitions of feast according to Webster’s New World Dictionary is “anything that gives pleasure because of its abundance or richness.” It’s a fitting description for the pieces in this issue of Atticus Review, so take a break from the seasonal...
Introducing the Transit Issue
Introducing the Transit Issue
Through life there are minor details, miniature moments during which there is nothing but stillness. I have not often lived for those. But the stories within the Transit Issue contain kinetic energy, and also a looming stillness. Both are paramount, working in tandem....
Flying Solo: A Snapshot of Travel Anxiety
Flying Solo: A Snapshot of Travel Anxiety
Behind me the green light was on; bathroom unoccupied. For all I knew it was my last chance and I wondered if I had time to relieve myself, while away my worries, settle my nerves a bit, shake loose the frenetics. Before I stood, I noticed the pilot withdraw from the...