Pen in Hand - January 2019: Literary Journal of the Maryland Writers' Association - Softcover

The January 2019 issue of Pen in Hand, literary journal of the Maryland Writers' Association, offers a selection of poetry, short stories, memoirs/personal essays, drama, and a photograph, all by members of MWA. Poetry and flash fiction from members of MWA's Teen Writers' Clubs are included.

Pen in Hand is MWA's official literary journal edited by Dr. Tapendu Basu, who writes under the name of Gandharva raja. In this issue, he interviewed Christopher Koot. The issue also includes:

Guidelines for submission

Message from the Editor - Dr. Tapendu Basu

The President's Message - Eileen Haavik McInitre

Conversation with Christian Koot

Poetry

Images of My Partner's Death - P. Van Slooten

The Glass Box - P. Van Slooten

ImMigration - Patti Ross

The Last Rose - James Fielder

Each Day is a River - September Lundeen

A Haiku - September Lundeen

A Serenade in South America - Michael Malloy

Poetic Forms: Kwansaba

On Some Lonely Path - Andrew McDowell

Short Stories/Flash Fiction

After the Box - Carol Bird

Tunnel Vision - Cynthia Burton Graham

A Dog and His Very Small Girl - T.J. Butler

Love Not Squandered - Eric W. Shoemaker

Ledger - C.B. Anslie

Ain't No Place for Beauty - Tamar Anolic

Memoirs/Personal Essays

His Name is Irrelevant - Anonymous

The Immigrant Experience - Charles Otis Heller

508 Wrightsville - James Brewster

Drama

Badgley Mischka - Gandharva raja

Art/Photograph

The Cold Shoulder - Penny Knobel-Besa