Kestrel: A Journal of Literature & Art Impact

Kestrel: A Journal of Literature & Art

Mission

Kestrel’s Mission is to explore the human condition and to share a vision of the human experience with readers in West Virginia, Appalachia, the United States, and abroad, and to bring together contributors and audiences for Kestrel Celebrations that foster appreciation for and inquiry into the humanities.

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Current Issue

Kestreal 53 Summer 2025 Cover showing multiple paint brushes

Cover Art:
My Mother’s Brushes by Linda A. Kinnahan
May 1-3, 2023 – Watercolor Brush series
photograph of brushes with triptych of watercolors on paper.

  • Dan Albergotti
    Mark Beauregard
    Rick Campbell
    John Davis Jr.
    Robert Fernandez
    Patricia Foster
    Bryce Oakley Frye
    Harry Gordon
    Marc Harshman
    Michael Hettich
    Courtney Hitson
    Linda A. Kinnahan
    Matt Lapata
    Laura Long
    M. L. Lyons
    Josh Mahler
    Sandra Marchetti
    Jean Nordhaus
    Kathy O’Fallon
    Roberto Ontiveros
    Rebecca Pyle
    Marta Regn
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    Garth Robinson
    Richard Ryal
    David Sapp
    Anne Dyer Stuart
    Wally Swist
    Matt Thomas
    Marylea Wiley
    Joe Wilkins

New Publications

Congratulations, Ethel Rackin, on your new poetry book, In Time, hot off the press from Word Works Books. Rackin's new book is available for preorder and will debut on May 1st, 2025.

Save the Date!

Join us for the Kestrel 52 Celebration on April 4th!