Editor Steven Harvey open River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative 27.1 (Fall 2025):“’The one thing I will not tamper with in this class,’ I tell my students when I teach the art of the personal essay, ‘is your voice.’” Harvey goes on to examine the role and value of voice in writing as sacred and unteachable no matter its form, but also the political vulnerability of voice and the role of literary magazines to safeguard the human voice.
Contributing voices to this newest issue include Jim Daniels, Shannon Cram, Corrie Williamson, Chelsea B. DesAutels, Phong Nguyen, Allison Field Bell, L.C. Killingsworth, Emma Bolden, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Jenny Molberg, Rachel Cline, Lynda Rushing, Gary Fincke, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Asena McKeown.
River Teeth is also home to Beautiful Things, a weekly online magazine of micro-essays of 250 words or fewer. Readers can subscribe for free and “find beauty, curiosity, and meaning in the everyday.” Recent contributors include Andreea Boboc, Lauren Fath, Allison Kirkland, James T. Morrison, H.K. Hummel, Jessica Franken, Allison Field Bell, Natalie Goldberg, Kat Moore, Jeannine Pitas, and many more.
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