Preview of the Sonora Review!

It’s almost here! The Sonora Review, begun in 1980, is the oldest student-run literary journal in the country. It’s entirely run by the MFA students in the Creative Writing program at the University of Arizona. And this year, I had the pleasure of working with them on the Issue 57 design.

After arbitrarily choosing a theme of Sea Creatures & Awesomeness (then arbitrarily dropping Awesomeness), I got to work on illustrations to appear throughout the issue. Strangely, at the same time, the Design + Science Exhibition came up and my world became full of tentacles, suction cups and water. Here are a few of the cast of characters accompanying the fine writing of the journal.

As a surprise plot twist, the editors asked me to write a Note from the Arts Editor (my apparent title). My note consists of a haphazardly directed flow chart. (You can download a hi-res version of the Note here, though I’m not sure why you’d want to.)

Issue 57 of the Review features the unputdownable writing of Lia Purpura, Steven Church, Poetry Contest Winner Peter Jay Shippy, Amelia Grey and many, many others.

Check out the journal’s new and improved website.

Also, order the journal. It’s awesome. Really.