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
