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Packingtown Review We are a Chicago-based journal of literature and the arts. To read the latest issue, archived work and submit, visit www.packingtownreview.com

Comrades, sisters, brothers, and members of the human family,

We have long joined the struggle to destroy the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We resist sentimental urges of the national and canonical. We refuse joyless institutional programs. Non-affiliated and promiscuous, we embrace translation, adaptation, outsider art, and experimentation. We offer radical solidarity with

the subaltern. Skeptical, paradoxical, and always with a sense of humor, we believe that another world is possible.

The Spring '25 issue has been simmering all the way into early summer, a perfect companion as you chill at an open air l...
20/06/2025

The Spring '25 issue has been simmering all the way into early summer, a perfect companion as you chill at an open air location of your choice, Northern hemisphere readers. Our Southern hemisphere comrades, as your days are getting shorter, find a cozy spot and enjoy our offering. Volume 23 features art, poetry, drama, and nonfiction by Susan Aurinko, JW Burns, Charles Haddox, James Croal Jackson, Gunilla T. Kester, Ben Macnair, Laura McDermott Matheric, Christopher Brean Murray, Justin Prince, Joseph Radke, Shelley Stoehr, Julia Story, Diane Webster, and Jean Wolff.

Packingtown Review - A journal of literature and the arts

It's Volume 22, but there ain't no catch. This situation features fine art, poetry, and prose by Louis Bardales, Holly D...
12/11/2024

It's Volume 22, but there ain't no catch. This situation features fine art, poetry, and prose by Louis Bardales, Holly Day, Kathleen Glassburn, Zebulon Huset, Cole Lavalais, Károly Lencsés, Lenny Levine, Patrick Meeds, Henri Meschonnic, Michael Moreth, Abena Ntoso, Sarah Odishoo, Carson Pytell, Jay Shearer, Ian C Smith, John Sweet, Angela Townsend, Ben Underwood, and Jan Wiezorek. We salute this issue's translators: Gabriella Bedetti, Don Boes, and Ágnes Megyeri!

Packingtown Review - A journal of literature and the arts

We did it again! Dawn Tefft Cheryl Hitosis McKearin Tasha Fouts Bob Rok Hattie Portage and many more contributors and su...
31/05/2024

We did it again! Dawn Tefft Cheryl Hitosis McKearin Tasha Fouts Bob Rok Hattie Portage and many more contributors and supporters bring you Volume 21, Spring 2024.

Packingtown Review - A journal of literature and the arts

Happy Halloween lit lovers--our fall '23 vol. 20 is here!
31/10/2023

Happy Halloween lit lovers--our fall '23 vol. 20 is here!

Packingtown Review - A journal of literature and the arts

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Comrades, sisters, brothers, and members of the human family, We have long joined the struggle to destroy the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We resist sentimental urges of the national and canonical. We refuse joyless institutional programs. Non-affiliated and promiscuous, we embrace translation, adaptation, outsider art, and experimentation. We offer radical solidarity with the subaltern. Skeptical, paradoxical, and always with a sense of humor, we believe that another world is possible.