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THE COACHELLA REVIEW is the literary arts journal of the University of California Riverside - Palm Desert Graduate Center and the MFA program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. We celebrate original work that is vibrant, brave, thoughtful, and precise. Whether experimental or traditional, TCR editors strive to celebrate writing that holds readers in awe. Readers, please let u

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"You are the light. Never let anyone – any person or any force – dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of o...
19/06/2025

"You are the light. Never let anyone – any person or any force – dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant."
– Rep. John Lewis, from his memoir, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

As we finish our GOOD TROUBLE issue spotlights on this Juneteenth, we want to thank all of our contributing writers for continuing to raise their voices and continue John Lewis's legacy of making good, necessary trouble in the face of injustice and inequality. We're grateful, too, for publishing friends such as and , who light the path for us every day. What presses, journals, or writers inspire your fight?

We're open for submissions for our Winter 2025 issue. While it has no theme, we encourage you all to continue sending us your politically and socially charged literary work. We are always here to amplify your voices as you speak truth to power.

How does resistance look for someone straddling two cultures? Closing out our featured stories for the issue is Chris Ku...
18/06/2025

How does resistance look for someone straddling two cultures? Closing out our featured stories for the issue is Chris Kubik Cedeno's Panama-based "Never Going Back," in which the main character examines family, traditions, and himself to better understand toxicity and generational trauma.

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“I know who I am. Convictionthat an edge doesn’t split in two.I was slapped on the ass and markedfrom birth. I came out ...
18/06/2025

“I know who I am. Conviction
that an edge doesn’t split in two.
I was slapped on the ass and marked
from birth. I came out between
walls that held within them a typical
hospital bed. To want is not the same as to desire.”

Today's featured verses are two poems by Lauren Smith affirming trans identity in both physical and metaphorical spheres.

https://thecoachellareview.com/2025/06/06/two-poems-by-lauren-smith/

“John Wick killed three men with a pencil,But the TSA allows pencils and pencil sharpeners On airplanes,Probably because...
17/06/2025

“John Wick killed three men with a pencil,
But the TSA allows pencils and pencil sharpeners
On airplanes,
Probably because John Wick is not on your plane.”

We all know the pen is mightier than the sword, but Richard Pels considers different ways of seeing a yellow graphite pencil in "Hard Black."

https://thecoachellareview.com/2025/06/06/hard-black-by-richard-pels/

Daniel Biegelson's featured poem, "Self-Portrait in an Infinity Mirror," is an experimental, atmospheric poem dissecting...
16/06/2025

Daniel Biegelson's featured poem, "Self-Portrait in an Infinity Mirror," is an experimental, atmospheric poem dissecting the human condition--something poetry editor Mason Martin says is, "the ultimate trouble. Being a human is nothing but trouble in every conceivable way. Taking the trouble to be a good one and prioritize love in all the confusion of 'being' is the best trouble people can take on."

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Today's featured short story, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer's "The Beggar and the Two Kings," bears similarities to another stor...
16/06/2025

Today's featured short story, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer's "The Beggar and the Two Kings," bears similarities to another story about egotistical, untrustworthy sovereigns, but we promise that this time, both of the emporers keep their clothes on.

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“Meanwhile, Alvin’s dad had just been deported to Cambodia last month, but was he ever late to class? No.”A few of us on...
15/06/2025

“Meanwhile, Alvin’s dad had just been deported to Cambodia last month, but was he ever late to class? No.”

A few of us on the editorial team are Gen Xers, so we've always thought of Tori Amos as divine, but in Meg Yardley's "Radio Divination," a bit of nostalgic dial surfing helps change a fed-up teacher’s life. Get your big loan from the girl zone here.

https://thecoachellareview.com/2025/06/06/radio-divination-by-meg-yardley/

"American history is a horror story. America's biggest power, their best superpower, is forgetting or pretending somethi...
14/06/2025

"American history is a horror story. America's biggest power, their best superpower, is forgetting or pretending something didn't happen."

In our featured interview for the Summer 2025 Good Trouble issue, our good friend Stephen Graham Jones chats with associate poetry editor Sophie Ann Hinkson about his new vampire book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, and how an immortal Blackfeet Indian may just be the United States' worst nightmare.

https://thecoachellareview.com/2025/06/06/tcr-talks-with-stephen-graham-jones-author-of-the-buffalo-hunter-hunter/

In today's featured personal essay, Justin Kolber explores the link between physical and mental health as he recalls his...
13/06/2025

In today's featured personal essay, Justin Kolber explores the link between physical and mental health as he recalls his relationship with a fellow eating disorder patient. "Lips Like Powdered Sugar" reminds us of the importance of saving ourselves.

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Resistance fatigue is a thing, especially when those fighting for their rights feel unheard, overshadowed, and disrespec...
13/06/2025

Resistance fatigue is a thing, especially when those fighting for their rights feel unheard, overshadowed, and disrespected. In today's featured play Abscission, Brian Petti attempts to explore what women might feel when they realize the government and society have failed to protect them.

https://thecoachellareview.com/2025/06/06/abscission-by-brian-petti/

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