The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West (2026-2027), Edited by Rick and Rosemary Ardinger
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The 2026-2027 edition of the new Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West features 500+ pages of interview, poetry, stories, essays, artwork, and “re-readings” of books we should come back to and why.

Highlights of the edition include:

(1) An interview by writer Ron McFarland with poet Robert Wrigley

(2) Stories by Ron Carlson, Maureen McCoy, and Jay Johnson

(3) Poetry by Ron Padgett, William Young, Dan Gerber, Lillian Toumey Jett Whitehead, Lany Ledeboer, David Lee, Teresa Jordan, William Johnson, Sarah Redfield, Chris Dempsey, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Bob Bushnell, Christopher Buckley, Ron McFaarland, Sally Green, Margaret Aho,Howard Levy, Jonathan Greene, Greg Keeler, Donna Mendelson, Dan Popkey, Margaret Koger, Jay Johnson, Rebecca Evans, Samuel Green, Florence Blanchard, Mark Foster, Ken Rodgers, William J. Connors III, Clifford Burke, Georgia Tiffany, Alan Minskoff, Betty Rodgers, Richard Robbins, Sandra Lowther, John Holbrook, Billee Dinges, Gino Sky, Geof Hewitt, Bonnie Jo Campbell, and Robert Wrigley.

(4) Essays/memoirs about Barry Lopez, poets Wallace McRae, Tom Crawford, Richard Brautigan, and Alex Kuo, sheepherding in the 1950s, teaching poetry in prison, raising a daughter, senior caregiving, Vietnam, and more by William Heyen, Kurt Caswell, Paul Zarzysky, David James Duncan, Rae Lewis, Julie Weston, Ammi Midstokke, Rochelle Johnson, Michele Gildner, Shaun Griffin, Paul Beebe, Donald W. Watts, Sherman Alexie, and Kent Anderson.

(5) Re-readings of books by John Steinbeck, Thomas Savage, James Baldwin, Molly Gloss, Beryl Markham, Frederic Prokosch, Tom Meschery, Homer, Wendell Berry, Herman Melville, Irving Howe, and Gabriel Garcia Máquez by Adam Sowards, O. Alan Weltzien, Baron Wormser, Barbara Olic-Hamilton, Jim Stark, Grove Koger, Shaun T. Griffin, Vincent Hannity, Jeff Fox, Ken Egan, Ted Dyer, and Gary Soto.

6) Artwork by Mark Carpenter, Mia Di Genova, Edson Fichter, Phebe Grant, Hannah Harkness, Erin Jensen, Greg Keeler, Alberta Mayo, Betty Rodgers, Didi Sharp (AKA Diane Graves), and Jenn Tanay--artists who make the entire edition so much more readable.

Gary Soto, age 74, offers a take on how geezer poets and writers can influence the world. Soto is not going to be quiet—oh, no, he has a bookshelf and books. And in his fridge, he has his drink of choice, St. Pauli Girl lager. He’s ready to prop himself into his comfy armchair and read to himself, to his wife of 50 years, and to his cat. His reading material is varied and, admittedly, at times, confusing to him because some books use words with, like, four syllables. He could turn to scripture in moments of doubt, but, no, Soto turns to the DMV workbook when he receives notice that his time is up and he must pass the dreaded written exam. He re-reads the workbook in his comfy armchair. He also re-reads books by Charles Darwin, Claire Tomalin, Pablo Neruda, Oscar Hijuelos, Ian McEwan, Gabriel García Márquez, Ted Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Susan Jacoby, Robert Frost, Marie Kondo, and the ubiquitous writer named “And Others.” Soto has things to say about these pencil pushers. Often drunk in these pages, he has literary opinions that might extend beyond his own local 94708 zip code.   

Soto can be serious, but not in this book. It offers enjoyment for Boomers with time on their hands. Soto has been lauded by the literary community. Harold Bloom wrote in Newsweek, “Soto couldn’t write himself out of a paper bag.” Might this be true? Readers can decide for themselves. The paper shufflers at the MacArthur Foundation can contact him at any time. His landline telephone number is (510) 845-4718. For a professional response, please contact the Limberlost Press publisher, Rick Ardinger. He’s at his keyboard at this very moment.  

Gary Soto is a poet, essayist, author of children’s books, and, in this one-time effort, an influencer. His books include Elements of San Joaquin, Living Up the Street, Summer Life, Buried Onions, The Afterlife, and New and Selected Poems, a finalist for both the National Book Award and The Los Angeles Times Book Award. He’s the author of “Oranges,” one of the most anthologized poems in contemporary literature. He lives in Berkeley, California.

The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West (2025)
Edited by Rick and Rosemary Ardinger
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