Lessons from a Blog about Blogging about Blogging

Finally! I just finished my final final of Sophomore year a few days ago, and I’m still bouncing off the walls! Well, not really because I was so exhausted after our two weeks of “Reading” period followed by two weeks of Finals period that after my last test/paper/presentation I walked around Cambridge with [...]

it’s ON!

I mentioned VQR’s insult critique of its slushpile in a recent post. Which was followed by a post filled with compliments on the slushpile. Only to be followed by a redaction and their apology. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing–their “slushpile diss” wasn’t great but I think their redaction is [...]

The uncanny commonalities

When I was an MFA student, I took my fair share of workshop courses. There were a few variables in the workshop format: we could be assigned the week for workshop, or we could sign up for workshop week…sometimes we workshopped one piece, other times two or three. Sometimes we were all instructed [...]

sharing the slush pile?

On the heels of the VQR’s blog post detailing editorial reactions to rejected submissions, here comes BookFox’s sharing of the slushpile.
The VQR apologized and later redacted the editorial commentary on the submissions (they’d also had a list of positive reactions to submissions, also later redacted). I am not so sure they should have apologized–part [...]

New Work

With issue #2 in final stages and publication imminent, it’s time to start work on issue #3!
I’ve started my duties as fiction editor recently–begging querying Famous Asian American Writers to either donate pieces or do an interview for Kartika (you’ll see some of their words soon!). We’ve put out calls for submissions to various mailing [...]

Note from the EIC

I couldn’t believe the dearth of forums for APA creative writers before starting Kartika Review. Through the collaborative efforts of contributors to our journal and the editors, I hope Kartika will be a beacon of what’s to come from APAs in the publishing world. In the future when I click into the “Asian American” category [...]

*tap tap* Is This Thing On?

Hi! I just wanted to drop a note and give everyone a big welcome and hello! I’m the essays editor of The Kartika Review, and the youngest of the bunch. College is… interesting, and nearly halfway over! To give you an idea of what I’ll probably be writing about, I’m interested in [...]

Getting acquainted

We’re getting this blog up and ready, joining the ranks of other literary magazines with blogs out there! As the fiction editor of Kartika, I’m excited about how we’ll be using this space. I’m hoping it will be a great dialogue with our readers and our writers, and I’m hoping to share insights [...]