Pearl S. Buck Literary Journal

There are 16 contributions to this Spring 2017 Pearl S. Buck Literary Journal. The theme of this issue is birth, rebirth and renewal. Submissions include essays, memoirs, poems, short stories, flash fiction and an excerpt from a novel.

Our thanks to authors, Anne K. Kaler, Bob McCrillis, Lois Guarino Hazel, Susan Wagner, Meredith Betz, Fred W. Donaldson, Linda C. Wisniewski, Jennifer Yuan, John McCabe, Carol Kretovich, and Judith Wrase Nygard.

 

(Click title to read selection. Author’s biography at end of contribution)

 

Journals – Seedbeds of Memory

ESSAY BY ANNE K. KALER, PSBVA

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The Doe

SHORT STORY BY BOB McCRILLIS

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Reinventing Judith

SHORT STORY BY LOIS GUARINO HAZEL

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The Stitches of Lydwyna the Spinster

EXCERPT FROM A NOVEL BY ANNE K. KALER PSBVA

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Rain

POEM BY SUSAN WAGNER

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South Carolina Restaurant

MEMOIR BY MEREDITH BETZ

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A Letter to My Son

ESSAY BY FRED W. DONALDSON

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What a Man’s Got To Do

SHORT STORY BY LINDA C. WISNIEWSKI

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Cleaning the Crevices with a Cotton Swab

MEMOIR BY LOIS GUARINO HAZEL

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Plum Flower

SHORT STORY BY JENNIFER YUAN

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The Irishman

SHORT STORY BY JOHN McCABE

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Doug the Foster Child

POEM BY SUSAN WAGNER

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A Difficult Journey

MEMOIR BY Carol Kretovich

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Achieving Inner Calm

POEM BY JUDITH WRASE NYGARD

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You Are Creative…You Just Don’t Know It…Yet

MEMOIR BY MEREDITH BETZ

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Two on a Railing

FLASH FICTION BY JOHN McCABE