Who was more alone than Medusa? Raped in Athena's temple, transformed into a monster, and banished into a cave, Medusa may be the ultimate example of victim blaming. In The Loneliest Girl, Kate Gale creates a powerful alternative narrative for Medusa and for all women who have carried guilt and shame--for being a woman, for not being enough, for being a victim. She offers a narrative in which women are the makers of the world--in which women find their way out from the cave of the Cisthene and into a world where they determine their own destiny.

The Los Angeles Review is a literary journal of divergent literature with a West Coast emphasis. Established in 2003, LAR publishes both the stories of Los Angeles, endlessly varied, and those that grow outside our world of smog and glitter. LAR seeks voices with something wild in them, voices that know what it means to be alive, to be fallible, to be human. Issue 23 features work from Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Oliver de la Paz, Pete Hsu, and more. The Los Angeles Review Masthead Publisher: Tobi Harper Editor: Kate Gale Managing Editor: Deirdre Collins Assistant Managing Editor: Eric Howard Fiction Editors: Meredith Alder and Amy Sather Assistant Fiction Editor: Meredith Westgate Russo Flash Fiction Editor: Brittany McLaughlin Poetry Editors: Blas Falconer and Vandana Khanna Nonfiction Editor: Florencia Ramirez Translation Editor: Piotr Florczyk Book Reviews Editor: Alyse Bensel Assistant Book Reviews Editor: Daniel Pecchenino Contributing Editor: Sophia Ihlefeld Editor-at-Large: Riley Mang Production Editor: Rebeccah Sanhueza Copy Editor: Breana Gomez

The Los Angeles Review is a literary journal of divergent literature with a West Coast emphasis. Established in 2003, LAR publishes both the stories of Los Angeles, endlessly varied, and those that grow outside our world of smog and glitter. LAR seeks voices with something wild in them, voices that know what it means to be alive, to be fallible, to be human. Issue 24 features work from Catherine Pierce, Lory Bedikian, Clea Bierman, and more. The Los Angeles Review Masthead Publisher: Tobi Harper Editor: Kate Gale Managing Editor: McKenna Themm Assistant Managing Editor: Dulce Arteaga Fiction Editors: K. K. Fox and Hananah Zaheer Flash Fiction Editor: Sophia Ihlefeld Poetry Editors: Blas Falconer and Vandana Khanna Nonfiction Editor: Marco Wilkinson Translation Editors: Francesca Bell and Linda Murphy Marshall Book Review Editors: Deirdre Collins and Tansica Sunkamaneevongse Production Editor: Rebeccah Sanhueza

Los Angeles may be best known as the hub of the film and television industry, but this collection of short fiction proves that beyond the beach and the glamour of Hollywood there is much more that makes the City of Angels special. Featuring an eclectic mix of fiction from a variety of talented literary minds—including TC Boyle, Ron Carlson, Judith Freeman, Percival Everett, and more—this anthology defies genre or easy categorization. Topics explored range from the deeply personal, such as a lesbian couple's loss of a child and the reaction of a young man to a natural disaster, to the larger-than-life, including a vivid tale of a robot-infested dystopian Long Beach. This allows the creativity and vivacity of the Los Angeles literary scene to be put on display, with a powerful sense of place as the core of this ambitious and insightful project.

The Los Angeles Review is a literary journal of divergent literature with a West Coast emphasis. Established in 2003, LAR publishes both the stories of Los Angeles, endlessly varied, and those that grow outside our world of smog and glitter. LAR seeks voices with something wild in them, voices that know what it means to be alive, to be fallible, to be human.

The Los Angeles Review is a literary journal of divergent literature with a West Coast emphasis. Established in 2003, LAR publishes both the stories of Los Angeles, endlessly varied, and those that grow outside our world of smog and glitter. LAR seeks voices with something wild in them, voices that know what it means to be alive, to be fallible, to be human. Issue 21 features work from Alan Lightman, Pope Brock, Aimee Gerstler, and more. The Los Angeles Review Masthead Editor: Kate Gale Guest Editor: Melanie Jeffrey Managing Editor: Rebecca Baumann Assistant Managing Editor: Keaton Maddox Poetry Editor: Blas Falconer Poetry Editor: Vandana Khanna Fiction Editor: Alisa Trager Fiction Editor: Meredith Alder Nonfiction Editor: Ann Beman Translation Editor: Piotr Florczyk Book Reviews Editor: Alyse Bensel Assistant Book Reviews Editor: Daniel Pecchenino Contributing Editor: Tobi Harper Publisher: Selena Trager

"This book claims as its territory the indefinite spaces separating us: the ground where we move together and apart, the long curve desire describes and follows. Connection seems tenable as a jet trail, 'a seam, holding together / the two halves of the sky.' Kate [Gale] Harper belongs in the company of Lorna Goodison, Margaret Atwood, Lucille Clifton—all poets who write, with force and directness, what a woman lives. I think the secret of Harper’s strength is this: from the middle of all loss, all bewilderment, her poems aspire to the condition of dancing.” —Angela Ball, Mississippi Review

"This book claims as its territory the indefinite spaces separating us: the ground where we move together and apart, the long curve desire describes and follows. Connection seems tenable as a jet trail, 'a seam, holding together / the two halves of the sky.' Kate [Gale] Harper belongs in the company of Lorna Goodison, Margaret Atwood, Lucille Clifton all poets who write, with force and directness, what a woman lives. I think the secret of Harper s strength is this: from the middle of all loss, all bewilderment, her poems aspire to the condition of dancing. Angela Ball, Mississippi Review "