May 16, 2008
Lucille Clifton to lead reading to celebrate publication of Little Patuxent Review's "Childhood" issue

Authors including National Book Award winner Lucille Clifton will read from their works appearing in The Little Patuxent Review's "Childhood" issue at a public reading on June 21, 2008, 3 to 5 p.m., at the Monteabarro Recital Hall at Howard Community College. Admission to the event, which is presented as part of the Columbia Festival of the Arts, is free of charge, but reservations are required.

The full-color "Childhood" issue of The Little Patuxent Review, a biannual literary and arts journal, will feature art by and an interview with Joan Bevelaqua, fiction by Tom Nugent and Rafael Alvarez, an interview with and poems by Lucille Clifton, and poetry and creative nonfiction from noted poets and writers throughout the region.

The Little Patuxent Review strives to promote the tradition of written and visual arts by creating a spirited magazine that reflects and draws upon the creativity and diversity within Howard County and the region. "Childhood" is the fourth issue of LPR to be released since the journal was re-established in 2006.The original Little Patuxent Review was created by Columbia poets Ralph and Margo Treitel in the mid-1970's and ceased publication in the mid-1980's.

Copies of the "Childhood" issue of The Little Patuxent Review will be on sale for $10 at the event and at the Columbia Art Center, Daedalus Books, and the Howard County Arts Council after June 21. For more information, please contact Mike Clark at clarkmj1@verizon.net or visit the Little Patuxent Review’s web site, www.littlepatuxentreview.org. Reservations are required for this event; please call the Columbia Festival of the Arts box office at 410-715-3089.

The Monteabarro Recital Hall is in the Horowitz Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College, Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, Md. For directions, visit www.howardcc.edu and look for the “getting around” link.

April 15, 2008
Little Patuxent Review's "Nature" Issue Released January 20

Fourteen authors read their essays and poetry at The Little Patuxent Review's publication party on January 20, 2008, at the Howard County Conservancy in Woodstock. The event celebrated the publication of LPR's third issue, "Nature" and featured readings by featured writers as well as music manager and photographer Michael Oberman speaking about nature photography.

The full-color "Nature" issue of The Little Patuxent Review, a biannual literary and arts journal, featured photography by Michael Oberman, an interview with and poems by Maryland Poet Laureate Michael Glaser, and poetry and creative nonfiction from noted poets and writers throughout the region. Authors featured in this issue include LPR Editor Michael R. Clark, Meredish Purvis, Tim Singleton, Jean Free, Patricia Jakovich VanAmburg, Julie Dunlap, Carol F. Peck, Jenny O'Grady, Laura Shovan, Meghan Frost, Brendan Donegan, Kathleen O'Toole, Frederick Foote, Laura Klebanow and Scot Ehrhardt. Illness prevented Maryland Poet Laureate Michael Glaser, who was scheduled to appear, from reading his work that day.

The Howard County Conservancy is Howard County's largest land trust, founded by a group of local citizens in 1990 to help preserve the natural environment, agricultural farmland, and unique historic sites in Howard County. The LPR reading took place inside the Gudelsky Environmental Education Center, Howard County's only nature center.

The Little Patuxent Review strives to promote the tradition of written and visual arts by creating a spirited magazine that reflects and draws upon the creativity and diversity within Howard County and the region. "Nature" is the third issue of LPR to be released since the journal was re-established in 2006. The original Little Patuxent Review was created by Columbia poets Ralph and Margo Treitel in the mid-1970's and ceased publication in the mid-1980's. Copies of the "Nature" issue of The Little Patuxent Review are on sale for $15 at the Columbia Art Center, Daedalus Books, and the Howard County Arts Council.