Fjords Reviews

  • Fjords Reviews Spring - Summer 2024

BOOK Review
POETRY
Fuel for Love
by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Review by James Berger

October 03, 2024

BOOK Review -  Fuel for Love by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright’s new book–the latest of many: Fuel for Love. Everyone knows Jeff Wright–as editor-publisher-curator-impressario and poet. Go to any reading in New York south of 14th St or in Brooklyn and Jeff either has organized it, is reading in it, or just has showed up because he’s a friend of the readers... read more >

Essay
If I Only Could, I'd Make a Deal With God
by Dawn Bratton

August 29, 2024

THESE FAMOUS WORDS are derived from Kate Bush’s song, “Running Up That Hill,” which for many listeners first introduced them to Kate in 2022, when it received renewed attention after appearing in the popular Netflix series, Stranger Things... read more >

Poem
rows and rows
by Lorin Drexler

September 26, 2024

trash and meth
odors and vowel syllabics
police doing their job
everyone just doing their job
upholding shells... read more >

POETRY
I Love Myself By Falling Into a Well of Sadness
by Ellen Wright

August 15, 2024

Ellen Wright, I Love Myself By Falling Into a Well of Sadness

I take Donnie Hathaway with me though I’m going nowhere
          on a chilled night late in November, as A Song For You read more >

Past Issues
CURRENT ISSUE
  • Fjords - Volume 1, Issue 1 Volume I, Issue 1

    Art by Clay Witt, poetry by Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, fiction by Stephen Wade.

  • Fjords - Volume 1, Issue 2 Volume I, Issue 2

    Fiction by Peter Liu, poetry by Jonathan Greenhause, memoir by Verity Barudin.

  • Fjords - Volume 1, Issue 3 Volume I, Issue 3

    Poetry by Vanessa Blakeslee, paintings by Vadis Turner, and a review of Boy.

  • Fjords - Volume 1, Issue 4 Volume I, Issue 4

    Art by Kehinde Wiley, fiction by Philip Kobylarz, and poetry by Nancy Carol Moody.

  • Fjords - Volume 2, Issue 1 Volume II, Issue 1

    Billy Collins Interviewed, fiction by Erik Martiny, prose by Ori Fienberg.

  • Fjords - Volume 2, Issue 2 Volume II, Issue 3

    Jacob M. Appel Interviewed, art by Yumi Sakugawa, essay by Sean Carswell

  • Fjords - Volume 2, Issue 3 Volume III, Issue 1

    Poetry by Sarah Palin Erased, interview by Phillip Gross, short story by Erik Martiny, essay by Jeffrey Skinner, art by Paul Kolker

  • Fjords - Volume 2, Issue 4 Volume III, Issue 2

    Poetry by Annie Christain, interview by Aurelie Sheehan, fiction by Julia Fine, essay by Kirk Nesset, art curated by Owen Duffy

  • Fjords - Volume 2, Issue 4 Volume III, Issue 3

    Poetry by Nandini Dhar, interview by Sean Street, fiction by Patrick Wilson, essay by Salpi Vartivarian, art by Nance Van Winkle

  • Fjords - Volume 3, Issue 4 Volume III, Issue 4

    Poetry by Chen Chen, Art by Noah Becker, Interview by Chris Belden, Fiction by Elisa Wolf, Essay by Jay Varner

  • Fjords - Volume 4, Issue 1 Volume IV, Issue 1

    Introduction by Tanya Grae, Poetry by Danez Smith, Art by Steve Miller, Interview by Junot Diaz, Fiction by Jamie B. De Monte, Essay and Art by Ernesto Caivano

  • Fjords - Volume 4, Issue 2 Volume IV, Issue 2

    Cover: Daryl Westly, Illustration: Kelly McQuain, Poetry: Dorothea Lasky, Art: Gregory De La Haba, Nonfiction: Jason K. Friedman

  • Fjords - Volume 4, Issue 3 Volume IV, Issue 3

    Cover: Kelly McQuain, Interview: Kai and Anders Carlson-Wee, Art: Nate Lewis, Paul Vogeler, Stu Watson, Photography: Therese Ritchie

  • Fjords - Volume 4, Issue 4 Volume IV, Issue 4

    Cover: Kelly McQuain, Interview: Philip Metres by Kelly McQuain, Art: Billy the Artist, Stephanie Hirsch, Charles Birnbaum, Fiction: Phineas Lambert and more

Fjords - Volume 5, Issue 1

Volume V, Issue 1

COVER:
Rebecca Gayle Howell by Kelly McQuain
BACK COVER:
The Pelican Has Landed by Sean Yseult
INTERVIEW::
Rebecca Gayle Howell by Kelly McQuain
INTRODUCING:
Yasha de la Luna