What should I read next? It’s a question we all ask ourselves time and again. Even with countless stories, poems, essays, scripts, art, comics, and films to discover, to fall in love with or to detest, it can be a challenge to choose. Enter Expo Recommends, a curated selection of readings brought to you by… Continue reading Expo Recommends: “Lines”
Writing might seem like a solitary activity, but it’s backed by a vibrant community that supports and uplifts voices of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences. In honor of #GivingTuesday, we’re waiving our submission fees on Tuesday, November 29, so you can donate your money or time to your favorite organizations. If you’re looking for suggestions,… Continue reading Support These Lit Orgs on #GivingTuesday 2022
Exposition Review is delighted to unveil the theme for our June 2022 Flash 405 contest guest-judged by Expo contributor and all-around literary powerhouse Sofía Aguilar: “Inheritance.” Flash 405 is Exposition Review‘s multi-genre short-form writing competition, awarding cash prizes and online publication to the winners. Read on to learn more about this month’s contest:
by Alejandra Medina Poetry Alejandra Medina is a Latina poet. She is a recipient of a Scholastic Art & Writing Award, and her work has appeared in Lucky Jefferson, WriteGirl’s Lines & Breaks, Unpublished Magazine, and The Incandescent Review, among other places. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Back to Vol. VII:… Continue reading tectonic
Vol. VII: “Flux” captures moments of change—gradual and sudden, subtle and profound, intensely personal and immensely public. Yet time still flows, carrying readers with it through the stages of life, through relationships, through grief, and through art. The poetry, prose, scripts, and images within these pages play off these themes and each other, speaking… Continue reading Vol. VII: “Flux”
Writing might seem like a solitary activity, but it’s backed by a vibrant community that supports and uplifts voices of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences. In honor of #GivingTuesday, we’re waiving our submission fees on Tuesday, November 30, so you can donate your money or time to your favorite organizations. If you’re looking for suggestions,… Continue reading Support These Lit Orgs on #GivingTuesday 2021
Exposition Review is so proud to announce our latest issue has launched, Vol. VI: “Hunger”! This issue asks the reader what they hunger for, what drives them, what it feels like to need something with a deep, unrelenting desire. With exciting work from emerging and established authors across genres, including pieces published from WriteGirl mentees and… Continue reading Exposition Review, Vol VI: “Hunger” Launch and Skylight Books Crowdcast Reading
by Sofía Aguilar Hybrid Nonfiction My father tried to teach me to love. In Mexico, cooking a meal is the same as offering yourself, the kitchen a woman’s first home, an apron tied into a knot at the neck and then at the waist as though her second skin. But I’m not the kind… Continue reading to the brown nippled girls and the daughters of immigrant fathers
Vol. VI: “Hunger” confronts the question of what is essential and explores the core idea of need driven by a deep and unrelenting desire. An ache to satiate or itch to scratch — something that we often give ourselves to. These works show how hunger often defines our narratives, cropping up between the lines of… Continue reading Vol. VI: “Hunger”
If there’s a silver lining to the pandemic that has kept Exposition Review from gathering in person as a staff and for events, it’s that we’ve found new ways to connect that have expanded our community like never before. For the second year in a row, our “Share Your Voice!” publishing workshop was held online,… Continue reading Recap: ‘Share Your Voice!’ Workshop Goes Bicoastal