RACHAEL LEVITT
writer, editor
Rachael Levitt's work has appeared in literary journals, travel anthologies, magazines, and elsewhere in print.
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EMPTY SINK PUBLISHING
Executive Editor E. Branden Hart, 2017
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"Opportunity Knocks"*
by Rachael Levitt
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“Opportunity Knocks” exposes a character with deep internal conflicts and sets her loose in a world completely outside of her control. While the results are occasionally light-hearted, the overall considerations will have you speculating the true nature of Patricia’s conflict for days.
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*Pushcart Prize Nominated, 2018
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About EMPTY SINK PUBLISHING: Dedicated to publishing works from new, emerging and established writers and artists that encourages the reader or observer to reevaluate the world around them.
THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN: FIELD REPORTS FROM TRAVELERS UNDER 35
Editor Asha Veal Brisebois, ISBN 978-0989038904
"Dying Abroad"
In a hospital in Budapest, the doctor prints out a diagnosis via Google Translate: "appendicitis."
About: THE PLACE WE'VE BEEN: FIELD REPORTS FROM TRAVELERS UNDER 35
offers a peer-written collection of 48 vivid and transportive, personal and original nonfiction pieces that portray contemporary snapshots across the globe.
THE CITRON REVIEW
Editor Lee Stoops, 2016
"Folds"
by Rachael Levitt
A tiny, crinkled tale.
About THE CITRON REVIEW: A journal of micro-fiction, flash-fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry based out of the MFA in Creative Writing program at Antioch University of Los Angeles, one of the top five programs of its kind in the nation.
VAGINA: THE 'ZINE
Editor Hillary-Anne Crosby
"Why Defining Rape Matters"
"What does it matter if a frivolous millionaire or celebrity makes insensitive or ignorant comments, casually equating rape with losing to competition or consenting to an awkward security procedure? With every misuse of the word, a sinister consequence looms darker: there are people out there who do seek to undo and lighten the definition of rape for inherently sexist reasons."
"What the Hell Is Going on With Women in Movies This Summer?"
"I am in the movie theater line, and I am barfing at what I see. I love action movies, fantasy and sci-fi films, movies based on comic books, comedies. But as a woman who both takes care of business and kicks ass, I hate that I can’t find a single summer movie that’s relatable."
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About VAGINA: THE 'ZINE: With its quarterly publications, Vagina provides a space for women to share their creative work with the public. The zine features a unique variety of opinions, passions, and observations from our contributors, whether they have a vagina or not.
WEAVE MAGAZINE
Editor Laura E. Davis
"Time and Space"
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""The desert maneuvers mysteriously. Some rocks here are called Sailing Stones. Unexplained by science, these roaming boulders slide in lines across the valley floor, leaving eerie, lengthy furrows in the dirt. Trails can abruptly change direction or shape. Sailing Stones even weave around their motionless, ordinary brothers. Since the Stones’ travels haven’t been directly observed, researchers implemented a tagging program. Baffled by the phenomenon and without explanation for spontaneous motion, scientists proposed the factors needed for mobility of these supposed-to-be stationary subjects: smooth conditions, an initiating force. These boulders wander nomadically, refusing to anchor. They reject weighty expectations."
About: WEAVE MAGAZINE is a bicoastal literary organization and print publication.
THE RED CLAY REVIEW
Editor Javy Gwaltney, 2013 Issue
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"The Mugging"
"On top of the indignity of having some pompous teenager with an unidentified
weapon in his pocket rifling through my purse, it is now starting to rain. I glance
up at the sky, purple clouds rolling through the black night. The neon flicker of the
Sunoco sign buzzes behind me. This man-child tormentor is making a disgusted
face at the contents of my bag – it doesn’t look as though he likes what he sees."
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About: THE RED CLAY REVIEW is supported by the Graduate Writers Association of Kennesaw State University. The RCR is America’s only literary magazine to feature exclusively the work of graduate and doctoral students. The RCR publishes poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and one act/ten-minute plays; and accepts both new and established authors.