We're thrilled to introduce our latest issue... Issue #25 ~ Autumn 2026 includes 20 amazing pieces of fiction, cnf, and poetry by 20 talented writers, plus some stellar artwork. 🍁🍂🧡 Full intro at: thegoodlifereview.com/2026… Cover art by David Quady
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Poetry reflects the state of the world and documents current events, and in all our years interviewing contributors, there's none that highlights this more than what Karla Hernandez Torrijos shared with us about her life and writing. Read the full interview at: thegoodlifereview.com/2026/09/24/a...
TGLR: Author Q&A with Karla Hernandez Torrijos
The Good Life Review presents Poetry as a reflection of the state of the world and documentation of current events: Author Q&A with Karla Hernandez Torrijos
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"What words will I speak now, I wonder, from words that glimmered when spoken. I built stained-glass windows Stood at the pulpit, sat in the pew, I prayed every day. scripture or prayer..." Poetry by Karla Hernandez Torrijos available in our latest issue... thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
TGLR: Farmworker Dies Fleeing an Immigration Raid in Southern California by Karla Hernandez Torrijos
The Good Life Review is pleased to present HoneyBee Prize Finalist: "Farmworker Dies Fleeing an Immigration Raid in Southern California" by Karla Hernandez Torrijos, Issue #24 ~ Summer 2026. Accompany...
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"Navigating Major Jackson’s poetry collection, RAZZLE DAZZLE, is like reading A Jedi’s diary reflecting on experiences and emotions across the galaxy…" Read Cid Galicia's full review of Razzle Dazzle on TGLR Buzz. thegoodlifereview.com/2026/08/24/c...
TGLR: Cid Galicia Reviews "RAZZLE DAZZLE" by Major Jackson
The Good Life Review is pleased to present Cid Galicia's book review of Major Jacksons poetry collection, Razzle Dazzle.
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"I felt my hands go all sweaty and rubbed them on my shorts. My sister is beautiful, I wanted to say. But the words wouldn’t come out. And my ears and neck were so hot I felt like I had a fever..." From Salt and Sand by Ali McLafferty, available in issue #24. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
TGLR: Salt and Sand by Ali McLafferty
The Good Life Review presents new fiction, "Salt and Sand" by Ali McLafferty, in Issue #24 ~ Summer 2026. Accompanying artwork by Nawmi Manaam
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"I want to tell him everything—the years since he left, the life we built, the daughter who is no longer here, the questions without answers. But standing there, I find words unnecessary. The field already knows..." CNF by Etya Krichmar, available in Issue #24. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
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"We didn’t expect anything to happen when we casually turned the paper packet over and rocked our hands side to side, and seeds slipped out into the dirt earlier that spring..." From "Beauty Like That" by Laura Westby Cannon thegoodlifereview.com/.../beauty-l... Photo by Nancy Hughes
TGLR: Beauty Like That by Laura Westby Cannon
The Good Life Review presents "Beauty Like That" by Laura Westby Cannon, in Issue #24 ~ Summer 2026. Photo by Nancy Hughes
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"Daddy bangs around upstairs, packing for another trip. After he whizzes off, Mummy tells us they’re getting a divorce. None of my schoolfriends have parents who’ve got divorces..." From "Animal Husbandry" by @chriscottom.bsky.social thegoodlifereview.com/2026/08/03/a... Photo by Sandy Millar
TGLR: Animal Husbandry by Chris Cottom
The Good Life Review presents new cnf "Animal Husbandry" by Chris Cottom, on The Buzz ~ Micro Monday. Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash
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We've got an interview with Carolyn Williams-Noren: Exploring Memory, Identity, and the Climate Crisis through Poetry. Carolyn’s poetry collection, Oil Courses, won the 2025 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize and will be out in September from Kent State University. thegoodlifereview.com/2026/07/16/i...
"Romance is nature under our mouths and our hands— flowers to gardens, sea foam to vineyards, smatter of stars to a city plan..." From "First Date at a Greenhouse" by Costantino Toth. thegoodlifereview.com/2026/07/27/f... Photo by Talon-Kai Honeyman
TGLR: First Date at a Greenhouse by Costantino Toth
The Good Life Review presents "First Date at a Greenhouse" by Costantino Toth, on The Buzz ~ Micro Monday. Photo by Talon-Kai Honeyman
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"A palpable undercurrent of fury, desperation, and fear – not merely the speaker’s – is contained and given shape by the poet’s exacting syntactical design..." The poem, judge's comment, and audio of @maraleegrayson.bsky.social reading her work in Issue #24... thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
TGLR: How to Be a Jewish Woman in Amerikkka while Your Friends Sleep Fitfully in War Zones by Mara Lee Grayson Accompanying artwork by Ellen June Wright
The Good Life Review is pleased to present the winner of the 2026 HoneyBee Poetry Prize, selected by Marya Hornbacher: How to Be a Jewish Woman in Amerikkka while Your Friends Sleep Fitfully in War Zo...
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Welcome to the beating heart of summer! Today, we are beyond thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s HoneyBee Poetry Prize, Mara Lee Grayson, and with this exciting news, the release of Issue #24!!... thegoodlifereview.com/2026/07/14/i...
TGLR: Introducing Issue #24 ~ Summer 2026.
The Good Life Review is pleased to present Issue #24 ~ Summer 2026, featuring the winner of this year's HoneyBee Poetry Prize, Mara Lee Grayson, plus all the finalists and 12 prose pieces cherry-picke...
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We’re thrilled to have had the illustrious Marya Hornbacher judge this year’s Honeybee Poetry Prize. Her selection and the debut of that poem are less than a week away. Until then, please enjoy her new knock-out poem, Jukebox Rotation for War Days. www.glossyplanetmag.com/jukebox-rota...
Our spring issue includes debut flash fiction by Christopher R.A. Adams, "The Evening Train." This poignant piece is quiet, yet compelling. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty... Accompanying artwork by Cynthia Yatchman Stay tuned for our Q&A with Chris coming soon!
TGLR: The Evening Train by Christopher R. A. Adams
The Good Life Review presents "The Evening Train" by Christopher R. A. Adams, in Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026 Accompanying artwork by Cynthia Yatchman
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"This is what art feels like, how truth and beauty, being un- reachable, are likely millennia away from what’s rendered." From Ode to the Guest Star by Kenton K. Yee. Available in Issue #23. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty... Accompanying artwork: The Aquatic Astronaut by Ayush Pradhan
TGLR: Ode to the Guest Star by Kenton K. Yee
The Good Life review presents "Ode to the Guest Star" by Kenton K. Yee in Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026. Accompanying artwork: The Aquatic Astronaut by Ayush Pradhan
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"with a cyanosis mouth, my upper lip caught on some braces as if I was snarling. As if. Dentist Kimchi recoiled. She could no longer pat my head, and we both knew it..." Flash CNF by Ayoung Kim. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty... Our Q&A with Ayoung is coming soon! Artwork by Cynthia Yatchman.
TGLR: Speaking in Tongues by Ayoung Kim
The Good Life Review presents "Speaking in Tongues" by Ayoung Kim, in Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026. Accompanying artwork by Cynthia Yatchman.
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"You spend the day making lists—reasons to stay, reasons to go. You try to keep them even, but staying is losing and that’s when you know..." New Micro Monday Feature: You Ask Your Husband if He’d Do it All Over Again by Victoria Melekian. Photo: Caleb Flores thegoodlifereview.com/2026/06/08/y...
TGLR: You Ask Your Husband if He’d Do it All Over Again by Victoria Melekian
The Good Life Review presents new micro fiction, "You Ask Your Husband if He’d Do it All Over Again," by Victoria Melekian on The Buzz ~ Micro Monday.Photo by Caleb Flores
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Memorial Day may mean different things to different people, or it may mean nothing at all. But mention the word memory, and it conjures something in us all. Today, we're honored to share a new poem by Daniel Lurie... thegoodlifereview.com/2026/05/25/l... Photo by Yuliia Dementsova
TGLR: Letter I Wish My Mother Wrote from Virginia by Daniel Lurie
The Good Life Review presents "Letter I Wish My Mother Wrote from Virginia" by Daniel Lurie, in The Buzz ~ Micro Monday. Photo by Yuliia Dementsova on Unsplash
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It's the baby, the cafe, the talk of guns, people's perceptions and realities of life in America. And also, impossibly, hope. Hope that places still exist where human connection is the lived experience, and where decency and compassion are possible. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
TGLR: A Baby Named Freedom by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
The Good Life Review presents "A Baby Named Freedom by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, in Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026. Accompanying Photo by Christian Bowen.
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National Poetry Month is almost over, but we're not done yet! This week's Feature Poem is "Rain in October" by Nebraska Poet Barbara Schmitz. thegoodlifereview.com/.../rain-in-... Accompanying Photo by Xianyu Hao on Unsplash
You imagine sending a text to Amal, remembering how she had a way of turning headlines into human voices. She once translated a poem scrawled in charcoal on a refugee tent. She would call your silence by its true name. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty... Artwork by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
TGLR: As If Nothing Is Burning by Wasima Khan
The Good Life Review presents "As If Nothing Is Burning" by Wasima Khan, in Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026 Accompanying artwork by TENDAI RINOS MWANAKA
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This week's feature poem is a one-line Haiku by nature writer and Naturalist, Jack Phillips. And though "Love Fish to Wander" is only one line, there's so much to love about this piece; you have to read it for yourself! thegoodlifereview.com/2026/04/13/l... The image was also captured by Jack.
TGLR: Love Fish to Wander by Jack Phillips
The Good Life Review presents "Love Fish to Wander" by Jack Phillips, in TGLR Buzz ~ Micro Monday. Photo also by Jack Phillips
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The return of spring has brought rain, and with it a refreshing drenching of new work by talented writers and artists whose work we're excited to share. We love all these pieces, and think you will too!! Introducing Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026!! thegoodlifereview.com/2026/04/11/i...
TGLR: Introducing Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026
The Good Life Review presents Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026 with work by Svetlana Litvinchuk, I Echo, Kenton K. Yee, JC Talamantez, Angela Meredith, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Dylan Streb, Olivia London, Ayoung Kim, Ginger Tolman, Wasima Khan, Mary Ellen Gabriel, Christy Hartman, Christopher R.A. Adams, R.K.B, Shayna Brown, Siying (Rella) Wang, Cynthia Yatchman, David Capps, Antonio Garcia III, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, and Ayush Pradhan.
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Happy National Poetry Month! This week's feature poem is Witch's Butter by Nebraska Poet Clif Mason. Clif's latest collection, AS JAGUARS DREAMED ON THE EARTH’S DARK FACE (a magical realist novel in verse), is available now from Cathexis Northwest Press. thegoodlifereview.com/2026/04/06/w...
TGLR: Witch's Butter by Clif Mason
The Good Life Review presents "Witch's Butter" by Clif Mason, on TGLR Buzz ~ Micro Monday.
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So excited to see art by HioKit Lao selected as the cover of this year's Best of the Net anthology, and Tim Raymond's poem selected as a finalist! Congrats Hiokit and Tim!! Grateful to @sundresspub.bsky.social and judges Octavio Quintanilla and Cyrus Cassells!
Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe 2026 Best of the Net Anthology is live! Check out all of this year's award-winning poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art plus our full list of 2026 finalists! https://bestofthenetanthology.com/
Once, I almost lost it, my hands curled into the shape of a tangerine, to summon red out of a man who called me fruity and laughed. But softness arrived..." From this week's feature, The Softness I Owe, by Joemario Umana thegoodlifereview.com/2026/03/16/t... Photo by Tim Arterbury
TGLR: The Softness I Owe by Joemario Umana
The Good Life Review presents new poetry, The Softness I Owe, by Joemario Umana, only on The Buzz ~ Micro Monday. Photo by Tim Arterbury
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"I volunteer for night watch so I can be alone, feel my compass beating home, listen to the tinkle of stars in the celestial bell choir whose church is the universe..." From Her Shanghaied Sailors by Tarn Wilson, @tarnwilson.bsky.social thegoodlifereview.com/2026/02/23/h... Image: Ferris Jones
TGLR: Her Shanghaied Sailors by Tarn Wilson
The Good Life Review presents "Her Shanghaied Sailors" by Tarn Wilson on TGLR Buzz ~ Micro Monday. Image credit: Ferris Jones
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