Literature

Dear Mary Lou,

Dear Mary Lou by David Daniel Dear Mary Lou, it’s been a long time since you’ve heard from me & vice versa. Why I’m writing now—a total shot in the dark—today I drove across one of the bridges on the Merrimack, the big river here where I live in Lowell,…

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Special Friends

Special Friends By Jack McDonough I have had a few special friends in my life and I suspect that’s probably true of everybody. You enjoy each other’s company, you share common interests and, especially, the same sense of humor. One of my special friends was a guy named Donn, whom…

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No Frigate Like a Book

No Frigate Like a Book Stephen O’Connor There was only one thing I hated about my new job at Worcester Associates, a wholesale fashion retailing distributor. They always began the work week with a 7:30 am meeting. And so, there I was, the recently hired Director of the Graphic Arts…

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Catch of the Day

Catch of the Day By David Daniel They were sitting a few seats away at the lunch counter, three of them, sun-browned, white-walled, wearing civvies. I pegged them as Coast Guardsmen, newly assigned to the station out on the point. I picked up a couple of the accents. One was…

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Boarding School Blues: Ch. 60

Boarding School Blues: Ch. 60 By Louise Peloquin Ch. 60: Back? Editor’s Note: With this installment, Boarding School Blues comes to an end. Many thanks to Louise Peloquin for sharing her writing with us. Beginning on December 16, 2020, with Chapter 1, she regularly contributed a new chapter every two…

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The Lowell Review 2023

When Paul Marion and I launched The Lowell Review three years ago, we wanted to create a print product that contained original prose and poetry from writers from or connected to the Merrimack Valley. We were partly inspired by a two-part article called “In the Valley of the Poets” that…

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Boarding School Blues: Ch. 59

Boarding School Blues: Ch. 59 By Louise Peloquin Ch. 59: Wilted Balloons Madeleine’s report on the headmistress’s telephone exchanges with Docteur and Madame Rejean discomfited Andy, Titi and Blanche. “So you’ll be able to go home every single weekend from now on PF” Madeleine announced. “Your father woulda pulled out…

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