literary journals

Pilgrim's Progress

By Virginia Prescott • Nov 20, 2012
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A metaphor for making one’s way through the world is the pilgrimage. The pilgrim aspired to following an inner path, guided by the spirit, from a state of wretchedness to blessedness.  We’ve been following a literary magazine that draws on all these traditions.

The Prose of a Practitioner

By Virginia Prescott • Jul 24, 2012
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Literary journals offer aspiring writers a window into the process of professional publishing and immersion in the community of writers. They are a mainstay of MFA programs, and as well as a number of graduate and post-grad programs in the sciences. We wanted to know more about the creative lives of America’s future practitioners after leafing through Lifelines. That’s Dartmouth Medical School’s arts journal.