Letter from the Editor
Dear Reader
Happy 2023, dear readers! We’re delighted to bring you this year’s first issue of Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine, our seventeenth overall. For those who’ve been with us with the start—isn’t it strange to think that our little corner of the literary world has come so far?
When we announced our call for crystalline submissions, we offered the following prompt: “Whether they’re shining in the sunlight or sitting in a spell, crystals are quite literally multi-faceted. Tell us about icicles shimmering and quartz clusters gleaming. Write us an incantation or bring your most sparkling visions to life. Give us a glimpse of something crystalline.”
As always, our incredible submitters delivered this and more. In this first-ever N&S issue featuring exclusively poetry and visual art, we bring you work such as Karen Pierce Gonzalez’s “Amethyst Bark,” Jesse Breite’s “The American Style,” and “Amethyst Summer” by Cindy Rinne, each embracing a sense of sparkling stones.
Moving into the new year, we here in the “nest” are as grateful as ever for everyone who helps us bring this vision to life. With each new issue, press title, or announcement, we’re honored to present work from creators around the world.
Again happy new year—and enjoy crystalline.
Juliette Sebock
Editor-in-Chief, Nightingale & Sparrow
