Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Sheltered&The Cove Visual Art by Donna Vitucci Visual Art DONNA D. VITUCCI has been pub­lish­ing since 1990. She lives in North Car­oli­na, where she enjoys reading and writing, yoga, hiking, cooking and gar­den­ing. Dozens of her…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Watch the Hemline I — III Visual Art by Heather Newton Brown Visual Art HEATHER NEWTON BROWN is a mixed media encaus­tic artist resid­ing on the Wabana­ki ter­ri­to­ry of Casco, Maine. “As a cre­ative, I use my…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Mother Cries Visual Art by Michelle Scar­lett Visual Art MICHELLE SCARLETT is a Down East paper­mak­er in Bai­leyville, Maine who uses sketch­books and jour­nals to craft in the mediums of paper­mak­ing, print­mak­ing, and book arts. Michelle…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Bella’s Bedroom After the Fire Visual Art by Jeff Ronci Visual Art JEFF RONCI, a working visual artist and artist since 1983, has seen his work pub­lished in the New York Times, Wash­ing­ton Post, Miami Herald, Forbes, The…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA London, 2016 Poetry By Sneha Sub­ra­man­ian Kanta My first memory of London is rain— from inside Heathrow   cold air coming in every time someone enters the ter­mi­nal doors opening like page flaps   this morning, among the glow of elec­tric lights…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Maasweese­ex­ay (Mon­u­ment Moun­tain) By Bonney Hartley Thou face forget thy heart thy vision. Thou gaze on white vil­lages swarm­ing         hear   the old world nations drown And many go down   With the centuries…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Grade School Blues Poetry By Derk Otsuji I put olives on my finger tips—and made grapes of brine. I counted street lamps like beads of a rosary—on the cold walk home.   I drew with magic markers on the…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Ms. Peters and the Thou­sand Paper Cranes Poetry By Joanne Durham How can I make the world a better place while I’m still alive? –Sadako Sasaki, Hiroshi­ma   After Ms. Peters’ purple dresses sagged on her frail frame,…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Hive Mind Poetry By Mar­galit Katz Metal clangs and shriek­ing rever­ber­ate down the hallway before we’ve even hit 8am. My stu­dents found a dainty line of ants cas­cad­ing down their lockers is all   prob­a­bly drawn to a lunch­box left…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Trophy Poetry By Charles Carter My first land­lord had jowls like an old Walter Matthau and walls covered in exotic animal car­cass­es.  I’m getting married and want to add my spouse to the lease. Well. All right, he…