Pen in Hand - January 2017: Literary Journal of the Maryland Writers' Association

by Gandharva Raja (Editor), Thomas L. Budesheim, Dick Ellwood

Pen In Hand is the official literary and art publication of the Maryland Writers’ Association. It is published biannually in January and July.
Contributors to this issue:
Gandharva raja, editor; Eileen Haavik McIntire, MWA president.
Poetry: Robert Pinsky, Rachel E. Hicks, Meg Eden, Laura Shovan, Lynne Spigelmire Viti, Lalita Noronha, Thomas L. Budesheim, Andrew McDowell
Short Stories: Barbara Morrison, Eileen Haavik McIntire, Dick Ellwood
Memoir: Fred L. Pincus
Drama: Gandharva raja

62 pages, Paperback

Published July 13, 2021

Reviews

[Dale Lehman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't the best issue of Pen in Hand that I've read, but it does have some good stuff in it. Barbara Morrison's short story "Walk to Morning" is a fine read. Eileen McIntire's "The Mountain Main" is a fun if terrifying tale. Dick Ellwood's "Murder on Death Row" is a bit clunky, but it nevertheless offers some fascinating insights into a world few of us ever (thankfully!) know. I'll leave commentary on the poetry to those better versed in it. (Pun intended.) But I did like some of it, while some of it left me a bit befuddled. Overall, it's not a bad little collection, though.