Letter from the Editor
in addition to The Oklahoma Review 21.1
It has been a few months since we published issue 21.1 of The Oklahoma Review, and since then, I have had time to think and revisit my time with the issue.
After acting as Managing Editor to Cameron University’s The Gold Mine, I was provided the opportunity to serve as Editor-in-Chief for the upcoming issue of The Oklahoma Review. I was ecstatic and incredibly anxious. Suddenly I was “in charge” of an entire publication, with deadlines and a volunteer based staff and only editor experience for one other literary magazine.
Thankfully, I was aided by a willing and dedicated team who I could lean on, had one of my closest friends, Kaley Muse with me as Managing Editor and my mentors to run to when I felt my tail tucked between my legs.
Juggling an entire magazine as well as other classes, reading assignments, and essays was exhausting and not always smooth sailing. Nonetheless, I am thankful for my time as editor on The Oklahoma Review and it has fueled an unexpected passion for me.
I am amazed by the resurgence of The Oklahoma Review. What came about as student interest was revisited again years later with a whole new enthusiasm and a format that allowed the editors to experiment and mess around with layout ideas, changing or altering things from the past to fit a new team of creatives (sorry, Dr. Carney).
However, The Oklahoma Review would never exist without the writers and artists who submit their work. We are incredibly grateful to you. We read so many amazing submissions and are happy you chose us to home your work. None of this in general could have happened without Gary Reddin who continued to publish issues of The Oklahoma Review throughout the years, as well as Dr. William Carney and Professor Leah Chaffins who are always there for their students, searching for new opportunities and encouraging them to explore and interact with the existing creative world.
I hope The Oklahoma Review continues to be a creative home for others. I hope others are able to pickup The Oklahoma Review and find a new passion and discover an answer to the question: “So, what are you gonna do after you graduate?”
Read The Oklahoma Review 21.1 here.