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In Memory of Troy Bernardo

September 22, 2023 by utpress

The Tampa Review editorial team was saddened to hear of the passing of Troy Bernardo, a recent Tampa Review contributor. Troy’s obituary can be found here. We wanted to express our heartfelt condolences and share Troy Bernardo’s nonfiction piece, “Raw,” published in Tampa Review 63/64. Raw Troy Bernardo When you first start eating raw oysters, you can’t taste any difference … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonfiction Tagged: creative nonfiction, nonfiction, troy bernardo, writing

Maria Ivkovic Manuccia

June 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

BALKAN SHEEP by Maria Ivkovic Manuccia There are plenty of ways to feel like an outsider; for me it was that I was a Balkan girl growing up among the lily white. Not all white is white-white, which we Eastern Europeans, particularly the Balkans, understand. Growing up, I attended Catholic elementary school in a Chicago suburb. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonfiction Tagged: Balkan concerns, creative nonfiction, Croatia, immigrant literature, memoir, nonfiction, Yugoslavia

Rori Leigh Hoatlin

May 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

THE CELLO PLAYER by Rori Leigh Hoatlin On summer nights, when I was supposed to be asleep, I sat on our back deck with my father and listened to his stories. In Michigan, June nights can be chilly, so I took the faux goose down comforter that my mother bought me in Traverse City and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonfiction Tagged: blue collar America, nonfiction, rori hoatlin, small business, stories of survival, titanic, vending, working class

Amanda Leduc

April 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

FREQUENT FLYERS by Amanda Leduc PLEASE PRESERVE MY TESTICLES FOR THE QUEEN. The nurses get this note from the King of England just before the doctors discharge him to the street. He’s been in and out of the ward for the past two days. “Malingering,” the doctor says. To exaggerate mental or physical symptoms for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonfiction Tagged: contemporary nonfiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, nonfiction

Angela Palm

February 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

AVERAGES by Angela Palm At The River I have a new job and a car payment I didn’t ask for. I am sixteen. I am forcibly learning “the value of a dollar” and missing out on Friday night boy-girl trips to Pizza Hut with kids who wear letterman jackets. It is 1997. I have my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonfiction Tagged: angela palm, nonfiction
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