The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spotlight Ruth Towne Ruth Towne is the author of So the Sadness Could Not Hurt and Resurrection of the Mannequins, both with Kelsay Books (2025). She is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine’s…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spotlight Kit Ball What do you write? Popular fiction, more leaning towards horror and dark fantasy Is there an author or artist who has most profoundly influenced your work? I’ve always loved Ray Bradbury, lately I’ve been…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spotlight Olivia Savill What do you write? I create multimedia narratives in which my own prose, illustrations, and graphic design all bring their own exclusive meaning to the work. The illustrations and graphic design are…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spotlight Abigail Bokaer What do you write? I write fiction. I’m working on a novel called Tunisian Cowboy, based on my father’s life growing up in North Africa and his passion for the cinema, which…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spotlight Jeanne Lawson What do you write? Crime fiction stories that are set on the coast of Maine, the history of various aspects of Maine that I find interesting, and short stories that are snippets…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spotlight Sarah Meierdirks What do you write? I write popular fiction novels and plays! Is there an author or artist who has most profoundly influenced your work? When it comes to playwriting, probably Paula Vogel. But more importantly,…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Noah Poetry By Chiara Di Lello I want the ending we’ve earned even as I know it won’t land on those who deserve it most, who engineered our fate not with their hands (never with their own hands) but with their…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Art That Speaks Visual Art by David Sheskin Visual Art DAVID SHESKIN, a writer and self-taught artist, created his first work of art at the age of 40. Over the years his work has been published…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Reaction Time Creative Non-Fiction By Suzanne Farrell Smith His cheeks flush. Folding over the plate—a make-your-own, bearing his hand-drawn city skyline—he spits something out. I set down my water glass and peer at the top of his…
Stonecoast Review The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Think of us Poetry By Emilee Kinney Think of split-pelvis roadkill, of wild strawberries smaller than the width of your thumb, think fried bologna, dry church wafer, think Grizzly tins in jean pockets, tractors in the parking lot, think unbuttoned…