Founded in 1999, Stirring is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet.
Stirring is an electronic quarterly journal.
Founded in 1999 by Erin Elizabeth Smith, Stirring is one of the oldest, continually published online literary journals. This year we celebrate the last twenty years of thriving growth and change for this little slice of the internet. Thank you to our readers for the continued support. We look forward to the next twenty years with you.
Rhiannon Admidas
”So, What’s Next for You?”
Anna Cabe
”When I Rode on the Back of Motorcycles”
Amanda Gaines
”There’s a Thin Line Between Heaven and Here”
”Oh Honey, Are You Bored Again?”
Jessica Goodfellow
”Body Dysmorphia Disorder”
Alyse Knorr
”Origin Story”
”Sestina After Bishop and Rich”
Kelly Samuels
”The Anatomical Venuses: Three Slashed Beauties”
above work by Mario Loprete:
Numa Crew
oil on concrete
b boys
oil on concrete
EMMA VIESER - NICHOLAS FAIR - FABRICE POUSSIN - MARIO LOPRETE
Featured on cover page: Nicholas Fair, Black Moon on Yarrow, 2017, mixed media collage,5x9
Mario Loprete, Anya oil on concrete 30 cm x 40 cm, 2017
Emma Vieser, No Diving. Black and White film print. 2018. 8.5"x11"
Fabrice Poussin, To the Valley, 3553 x 2000; digital photography, 2018, Utah
Hali F. Sofala-Jones is a Samoan American teacher and writer. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Her poetry has been published both in the United States and abroad, appearing in Nimrod International Journal, The Bitter Oleander, CALYX, Blue Mesa Review, The Missouri Review, The Samoan Observer, and elsewhere. Afakasi | Half-Caste (2019, Sundress Publications) is her debut collection. She lives in Milledgeville, Georgia.