A literary microcosm of the known world. Silk Road offers writing that takes readers into locations--real or imagined, minute or vast, evolving or timeless. Each issue takes the reader beyond accepted assumptions about place. Works include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, international writing, translations, and visual artwork.
Featuring work by Xu Xi and Pete Fromm as well as writers from Bangladesh to Escanaba and Michigan,
the newest issue of Silk Road raises the stakes in cross cultural dialogue. "Where are you from?” has become a more complex question to answer.
The Spring 2007 edition spans the world. Whether in the guise of translations, as with Deborah Krainin’s translation of Victor E. Gonzales’ poem “Mary Muerte,” or in theme, as with Valerie Miner’s fiction, set in Calcutta, India.
This inaugural issue of Silk Road is a literary adventure. Come along... Claire Davis witnesses a 64,000 acre burn in Idaho and poet Marvin Bell says events, not places make the poem. “I can’t write honest poetry if I feel like a tourist about the setting,” he says.
Northwest American Novelist Pete Fromm talks about the work of writing, the advantage of "not waiting", and publication. Read his short story “Concentrate” in the new issue of Silk Road.