Up the Staircase is an idea that has been in the nurturing process for three years. We are passionate about literature in all its form: poetry. spoken word. flash fiction. short stories. prose. essays. literary critiques. etc.
Movies
A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Dreamers, Secretary, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pieces of April, Lost in Translation, Quills, The English Patient, Office Space, Groundhog Day, Closer, Alfie, The Cutting Edge, Bridges of Madison County, Cold Mountain.
Books
"The whole world can be divided into those who write and those who do not write. Those who write represent despair, and those who read disapprove of it and believe that they have a superior wisdom - and yet, if they were able to write, they would write the same thing. Basically they are all equally despairing, but when one does not have the opportunity to become important with his despair, then it is hardly worth the trouble to despair and show it. Is this what it is to have conquered despair?"
~Soren Kierkegaard
Heroes
Mina Loy, Anna Akhmatova, Sylvia Plath, Anais Nin, E. E. Cummings, William Carlos Williams, Ted Hughes, Kate Chopin, Anton Chekov, Bella Akhmadulina, Marina Tsvetaeva, Alice Munro, Anne Sexton, Walt Whitman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Olga Berggolts, Nina Cassian, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, A. Alvarez, Adam Rapp.
Up the Staircase is a QUARTERLY publication that leans more toward the taste of confessional poetry. Most of all, we are looking for quality.
We specialize in the promotion of new poets, as well as recognized authors. We showcase passionate, thoughtful, and serious writers who express a unique vision and voice.
We do literary reviews!
Here is some feedback from a few of the past writers we have reviewed:
"Wow! What a wonderful review. It's not just that you enjoyed the novel but that you were able to convey in words its very meaning."
Author, VMK Fewings
"Thanks very much for the wonderful review of "Blue Ribbons. . .," which I just read this morning. I'm so pleased with it..."
Poet, Ellaraine Lockie
"Thank you for the outstanding review! The best review of the book yet."
Writer, C. Allen Rearick
"I am absolutely overwhelmed and over the moon with your review of my book, it is more than i expected and could ever have hoped for, I truly appreciate that you have taken so much time and care in understanding my poetry..."
Poet, Anthony Pritchard
Visit us at our official website: www.upthestaircase.org
Writers showcased in Up the Staircase: Spring 2009...
Poetry by:
Georgia Banks-Martin
Heather Cadenhead
Nicole Cartwright Denison
Lois P. Jones
Jennifer LeBlanc
Donal Mahoney
June Nandy
Marian Veverka
J. Michael Wahlgren
Allen Weber
Fiction by:
Eric Bennett
Jayt Catlin
Nicola Field
Leslie Haynsworth
Elaine Rosenberg Miller
Sarah Marie Miller
Michael Peck
Donna D. Vitucci
We are also featuring 5 of our favorite poems and 5 of our favorite pieces of fiction from the past year, as this is our 1 year anniversary issue!!!! Visit these writers in our Up the Staircase in...Retrospect!
We too are showcasing our Featured Writers from the past year: Sophia Argyris, Renata McCormish, Rachel Custer and Nanette Rayman Rivera.
Our contributors are what has made Up the Staircase a success, and we would like to thank every one of them.
You can find all submission guidelines (poetry, prose, fiction, essays) at:
http://www.upthestaircase.org/subguides.htm
Need a book reviewed and ADVERTISED?
Please visit http://www.upthestaircase.org/subguides.htm for more details.
Feel free to contact us with questions or concerns at upthestaircase@gmail.com
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