The literary Journal that I read for Assignment 8 was The Georgia Review. This was started in 1947, and is a prestigious, classic literary journal that encompasses fiction, prose, poetry and artwork. Even simply browsing their web page, I could tell that this is a well respected, organized journal. In comparison to some of the other online journals that I looked at, this one seemed to have the most literary professionalism, citing famous writers that have been included in previous issues, as well as doing small features on events that the Georgia Review has sponsored. To the untrained eye, this website(www.georgiareview.com), is organized, manageable, and easy to navigate.

Even just reading this journal online, they provide samples of pieces in PDF, so you can get the feel for what the piece would be like if you were actually reading it in the magazine/journal. Even something so simple and stylistic as the fonts used makes this journal seem very crisp, fresh and well cared for. This journal is published seasonally, so they have the time to ensure that each edition is well organized and thought out.

In reading what I could online of this journal, I found that the pieces seem to be a bit over my head, but what I liked the best was the poetry. It was a bit difficult to follow some of the essays because they were all from larger collections, so it was difficult to get a good sense for what was going on in such a short part of a larger piece. I did really enjoy some of the poetry, I thought that it was refreshing and different. The art is also beautiful in this journal: I like that this literary journal is not just literary but encompasses other elements of art such as paintings and sketches.

And, on the literary level, they encompass a wide variety of writing styles, as well as topics and themes. I think that it would be difficult as a "no name", starting out, to be published in this journal, just because it is esteemed and well known and has included so many famous names in the past, but it would certainly be a stepping stone to strive for, for any writer who is interested in being published.

My favorite piece was Judith Kitchen's, an excerpt from "The Speed of Light". I adored her descriptions and voice, she captured the moment beautifully, and I loved her descriptions of people taking pictures, she described that tourist scene to a T-and in an artful way. I am always captivated and intrigued by writers that can describe something annoying, irritating or disgusting beautifully. She does that in this piece. I admire that, and I took something away from this to use(hopefully), in my own work.

I gained a lot and enjoyed myself whilst reading The Georgia Review. I think that I would certainly read it again, to gain ideas for myself(more stylistically than thematically), and also just for the enjoyment of reading other works, particularly the poetry.