Journals We Love: Editor Spotlight — Steven W. Adams

October 11, 2022

Steven W. Adams is a photographer and filmmaker currently living in Jacksonville Florida. He holds a B.S. from the University of North Florida. Photos of his have been published in The Huffington Post as well as Bloomberg Businessweek. He was a runner-up for The Lucie Foundations Emerging Artists Scholarship. You can keep up with his work via his website. Day'Shawna Courtney: In 2021, The Adroit Journal received ...

FEATURED STORY: “THE BOY IN THE HIGH-TOP CONVERSES” BY DAVON LOEB

October 05, 2022

The Boy in the High-Top Converses There are a pair of high-top Converses at Four-Points intersection dangling off the telephone wires. The sneakers were white once but aren’t anymore, just a washed-out gray, heavier from soaking up however many rains that came through since they first landed there. The sneakers don’t even swing because of those rains, but rest, a bit lopsided. The tops are tattered, and the ...

FEATURED STORY: “SWIMMING LESSONS” BY CAROLIENA CABADA

Writer Caroliena Cabada

September 18, 2022

Swimming Lessons The only way I could make it through a flight was to sleep the whole way, so I slipped a Dramamine tablet past my lips and dry-swallowed before settling into my seat. My father sat in the middle space, providing a buffer between me and the stranger who took out a sudoku puzzle book and lowered the seat tray before the plane taxied out of the gate.  My dreams when drugged always seemed to blur the ...

Journals We Love: Editor Spotlight — Annie Schumacher

September 09, 2022

Annie Schumacher is a poet and translator. She is the Assistant Poetry Editor and Audio Editor at The Cortland Review, Social Media Editor for the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, and Co-Director of The Unamuno Author Series. Recent publications can be found in The London Magazine, California Quarterly, Poetry London, and On the Seawall. She lives in Barcelona.  Devin Jones: First, I would love to ...