''Pearl'' was an American
literary journal
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters ...
published between 1974 and 2014 in
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporate ...
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History and profile
''Pearl'' was founded by Joan Jobe Smith in 1974.
[A Short History of the Magazine and the Editors]
''Pearl''. Retrieved November 1, 2015. The first issue appeared in May 1974.
[ It was edited by Joan Jobe Smith,][ and Barbara Hauk. ''Pearl'' was based in Long Beach. It released an annual fiction issue and an annual poetry issue as well as hosting an annual poetry prize.
After several issues published ''Pearl'' went defunct until 1986 when Joan Jobe Smith and Marilyn Johnson relaunched it.
The magazine ceased publication in 2014.]
Contributors
*Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...
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*]Jim Daniels
James Raymond Daniels (born 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American poet and writer.
He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, the writer Kristin Kovacic.
Life and work
Daniels was on the faculty of the creative writing program at Carnegie Mello ...
*Ed Ochester
Edwin Frank Ochester (born September 15, 1939 Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet and editor.
He was educated at Cornell University, Harvard University, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Currently he is a core faculty member of the B ...
*Frank X. Gaspar
Frank Xavier Gaspar is an American poet, novelist and professor of Portuguese descent. A number of his books treat Portuguese-American themes or settings, particularly the Portuguese community in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His most recent novel ...
* Robert Peters
* Fred Voss
* Billy Collins
William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016). Collins ...
See also
*List of literary magazines
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
Pearl's Homepage
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Defunct literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1974
Magazines disestablished in 2014
Magazines published in California
Poetry magazines published in the United States
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