The Artful Dodger: An Interview of John R. Reed
by Stephen T. Vessels Excerpt from Volume 5: Wild Mercury I met John Reed when I first attended the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in...
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- May 8, 2020
Sadness and Sunbeams: Interview with Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
by Justine Sutton Sojourner Kincaid Rolle may seem serious when you first meet her. And make no mistake, she is serious—about poetry,...
- Mar 29, 2020
Salon Lit Jo: A Conversation with Fred Williams
an interview by Nicholas Deitch I first saw Fred Williams at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in 2019, shortly after I arrived on the...
- Feb 26, 2020
An Interview with Mona Leigh Rose
by Shelly Lowenkopf Mona Leigh Rose and her husband Mona Leigh Rose Mona’s work appears in Santa Monica Review, Puerto Del Sol, The...
- Feb 24, 2020
Interview of Jeremy Gold, Vol 4 Contributor
by Nate Streeper Describe your body of work. What kind of stories do you enjoy writing? Two-thirds of my work is young adult. The other...
- Dec 5, 2019
Organic
by Luna Vallejo-Howard Open your hand the smell of a smashed silkworm of a chewed mulberry leaf of a snapped twig the earth’s perfume...
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- Dec 1, 2019
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by Chella Courington at random. there’s a crater on my chest: shallow bowl of a hushed meteorite. no fallen star. no washed glow. mass...
- Nov 29, 2019
A Myriad of Subtleties
by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle In the instance of encounter I am taken for the stranger the unknown interloper Between two worlds I am the...
- Nov 25, 2019
T.C. Boyle Interview
by Max Talley Portrait of T.C. Boyle by Jamieson Fry It has always been the aim of the Santa Barbara Literary Journal, since its debut in...
- Nov 20, 2019
An Excerpt of "A Bag of Stardust or David Bowie Explains"
by Nate Streeper Doug stared at the coffee table while he adjusted his man bun. He had been staring at it for eons. Or was it minutes?...
- Nov 17, 2019
Marlyn Daggett: Nothing's Shocking
An Interview by Silver Webb and Laila Alamiri The cover artist for Volume 4 “Stardust,” Marlyn Daggett is an irrepressible bright light,...
- Nov 11, 2019
Announcing the Publication of the Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Vol 4, "Stardust"
Dear reader, Twas, oh, at least two months ago, the Mistress of Song and I ambled into Laila Alamiri’s Glenn Dallas Art Gallery, and took...
- Nov 2, 2019
An Excerpt of "Wallpaper" by Jesse Krenzel
“Wallpaper” won the SB Literary Journal Phantastic Fiction Award at the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference 2019 and is featured in the...
- Oct 26, 2019
Announcing the Publications of Dames & Doppelgangers
Dames & Doppelgangers Published by Borda Books, November 2019 Available on Amazon here Or in Santa Barbara, at Chaucer's Bookstore, the...
- Oct 1, 2019
Chella Courington, Guest Editor of Poetry, Volume 4
We're very fortunate to have Chella Courington as our guest editor of poetry for Volume 4, which will be out in late November, and is...
- Sep 19, 2019
A Santa Barbara Literary Journal Interview with Shelly Lowenkopf
Coffee with Mr. Lowenkopf is a lively affair. Sitting on the patio of his favorite Santa Barbara café, I am hard pressed to name a writer...
- Aug 17, 2019
Announcing Laila Alamiri as Guest Editor of Art for Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 4
I am delighted to have Laila as the guest editor of art for Volume 4. You may have noted that our theme for Volume 4 is "Stardust," and...
- Jun 28, 2019
Santa Barbara Writer's Conference 2019: A Riveting Recap
Santa Barbara Writer's Conference 2019 has come and gone, a week-long whirlwind of writing and friends and fun. How did it go?...
- Jun 19, 2019
The Fantastic Reality of Max DeVoe Talley
Interview by Nicholas Deitch I was first introduced to Max Talley at the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference in 2013, where he read from...
- Jun 2, 2019
A Word from the Word Wrangler: Announcing the Flash Cat 2019 Awards!
Dear Readers, I'm happy to say that we received more than 50 submissions of Flash Fiction, defined as works under 1,000 words that offer...
- May 31, 2019
Announcing Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 3: Bellatrix
Santa Barbara Literary Journal Volume 3: Bellatrix June 2019 Editrix Silver Webb Editors Laura Hemenway, Mistress of Song Ron Alexander,...
- May 23, 2019
An Excerpt of "My Dinner at the Boy Restaurant" in Hurricanes & Swan Songs
by Shelly Lowenkopf Ken Cole’s sister swept her hand over the display of papers and photos spread over her kitchen table. “All this...
- May 9, 2019
An Excerpt of "Nutritional Value" in Hurricanes & Swan Songs: A Strange Anthology
by Lisa Lamb "Shoes" by Grace Rachow Alice was nervous. Pulling into a parking space outside the restaurant where she’d agreed to meet...
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