Santa Monica College will host a celebration for the fall 2025 edition of the Santa Monica Review, the nation's only community college-published literary magazine with national distribution.
The launch party, "Santa Monica Review Presents...A Celebration of the Fall 2025 Issue with Readings by Recent Contributors," will take place from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at The Edye in the SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Tickets cost a suggested $10 donation and are available at smc.edu/tickets. The event will include refreshments, book sales and free parking. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Review editor Andrew Tonkovich will emcee the celebration, which features a welcome by writer Stephen Cooper and readings by four contributors: Abby Walthausen, Garrett Saleen, Mona Leigh Rose and Diana Wagman.
The fall issue includes 11 original short stories and two essays, mostly by West Coast writers. Contributors include Brian Ma, Kareem Tayyar, D.A. Hosek, Albert Goldbarth, Warren Perkins, Michael Cadnum, Reid Sherline and Michael Alessi.
"We might call this the death, disappearance, and disaster issue," Tonkovich said. "There are ghosts, dead bodies, and lost people in these stories and essays. I like to think they're mourned, resuscitated, and celebrated."
The issue features cover art by writer, poet and painter Kenji Liu. Tonkovich also hosts the weekly show "Bibliocracy Radio" on KPFK 90.7 FM.
An additional celebration, "Alabaster Anniversary: Celebrating 37 Years of the Santa Monica Review," is scheduled for 2 p.m. Nov. 22 at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice.
Founded by novelist Jim Krusoe, the Santa Monica Review has published experimental writing for 37 years. Recent work from the magazine has appeared in Pushcart Prize, Best American Short Stories and PEN/O. Henry anthologies.
The publication costs $14 per issue or $25 for annual subscription. Copies are available online at smc.edu/sm_review, at the SMC Campus Store at 1900 Pico Blvd., Beyond Baroque, Small World Books in Venice and other area booksellers.
More information is available at smc.edu/sm_review.
Edited by SMDP Staff