Deflating Great Literature: Volume XVIII, Issue 1: Spring 2026

This Sprint 2026 issue of PLJ features around three dozen academic, narrative nonfiction and some literary fiction and poetry book reviews from Editor Anna Faktorovich. These cover controversial topics such as whether destructive environmentalism is an oxymoron, the lack of antiquity about Sami folktales written by anthropologists in the 20th century, and if William Golding's novels have been unjustly over-puffed. The essays section includes two popular culture essays from Professor Kathleen Murphey on Dancy Drew and Harry Potter. And John Robinson theorizes and the techniques of poetry writing. Among the short stories you will find works by: Charlie Freelander, J.R. Jerabek, Tara Menon, Nicholas Woods, and Gaby Zabar. And there are experimental, traditional, and curious poems by William Walsh, Danny P. Barbare, Zhu Xiao Di, John Grey, Robin Hiteshew, Rob Luke, Gerald Arthur (Art) Moore, Daniel Thomas Moran, F. Kevin Murphy, Fabrice B. Poussin, and Ron Torrence.