Monthly Archives: February 2011

Writers’ Week 2011 at UC Riverside

If you’re in the Inland Empire/Los Angeles area, be sure to check out UC Riverside’s annual Writers’ Week, February 8th – 11th 2011.  We hope to see you there! For more details, directions and more, read below: Writers Week Brochure … Continue reading

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Spotlight: Poetry.LA, video showcase of Southern CA poets and venues

Wayne Lindberg and Hilda Weiss are writers, Angelenos and the founding duo of http://www.Poetry.LA, an online video showcase of Southern Californian poets and venues.  They’ve been documenting and archiving poetry readings since 2007, and have acquired over 300,000 hits on … Continue reading

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Interview With A Humorist: Mike Sacks

Mike Sacks has co-written two books, And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Humor Writers About Their Craft and Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk. He has also been published in range of publications, including Vanity Fair, GQ, Time, The New … Continue reading

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Hello, my name is…

Leonid Leonov is the fiction editor for Crate Literary Magazine. This bio is roughly the most sense he ever makes. Born in the Soviet Union, matured on the East Coast, his heart is in Los Angeles and his home is … Continue reading

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Hello, my name is…

Rachelle Cruz is an associate poetry editor for Crate Literary Magazine.  Her poems have been recently published in Lantern Review, and are forthcoming in In The Grove and A Face to Meet Faces: A Persona Poem Anthology.  She’s the host … Continue reading

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Hello, my name is…

Samantha Lamph is an associate fiction editor for Crate. She was the champion of the spelling bee in fifth grade at Val Verde Elementary and things have only regressed since then. Years from now, she will not remember writing this … Continue reading

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Kamala Puligandla is an associate fiction editor for Crate. She likes berries and fish, is rather hairy, hibernates during the winter and would most likely be overprotective of her young. When not scampering in the wilderness, she can be found … Continue reading

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Hello, my name is…

Eric Shonkwiler is Editor-in-Chief of Crate.  He is a Midwestern transplant who writes novels, mostly, along with the occasional poem and short story.  Some of his work can be found at ericshonkwiler.com, where you might say he blogs.  He enjoys … Continue reading

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Cratelit, Crate Literary Magazine’s Blog

Welcome to Cratelit, the home away from paper for UC Riverside’s graduate literary magazine.  We’re just starting out here, as you can see, but you can expect a lot from us in the months to come.  Among those things to … Continue reading

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