Dear Lit Mag Enthusiasts and Tulip Festival Afficionados,

Welcome to spring and the latest edition of TGLR. Yes, friends, today is the day… The big reveal of Issue #23!! Winter here in Nebraska was uncharacteristically warm and mostly void of snow, but the return of spring has brought the rain and with it, a refreshing drenching of new work by talented writers and artists we matched with via our reading platform. We love all these pieces, and think you will too!!

We’re excited to feature poems by Svetlana Litvinchuk, I Echo, Kenton K. Yee, JC Talamantez, and Steve Minnich, and a spoken poem by Angela Meredith.

In short creative nonfiction, we have essays by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Dylan Streb, and Olivia London, and for shorter work, we’ve got flash essays by Ayoung Kim and repeat contributor, Ginger Tolman.

Flash fiction features pieces by Wasima Khan, Mary Ellen Gabriel, Christy Hartman, and Christopher R.A. Adams, and longer fiction by R.K.B. and Shayna Brown. All are worth taking the time to read and enjoy!

Of course, the issue would not be complete without artwork. The cover of the issue is a photograph by Siying (Rella) Wang, and the writing is complemented with pieces by Cynthia Yatchman, David Capps, Antonio Garcia III, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, and Ayush Pradhan. More about each artist and their work is available on the Issue 23 Art page. 

With that, we are delighted to release Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026 for your reading and viewing pleasure.

As always, thank you for supporting independent journals and believing in the arts!

Cheers to Slow Sunrises and Birdsong,
~Shyla and The Good Life Review Team

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Issue #23 Editorial Team: M.A. Boswell, Ashley Espinoza, Tana Buoy, Patrick O’Dell, Carina Faz, Amy Crawford, Lea Pounds, Annie Barker, Erin Challenor, Jill Veltkamp, Cid Galicia, Terry Belew, Michelle Pierce Battle, Cat Dixon, Stepha Vesper, Tacheny Perry, and Shyla Shehan

Issue #23 Readers: Jamie Wendt, Toni Allen, Zach Vesper, Julie Johanning, Brittany Turek, Miranda Jansen, Madeline Torbenson, Mitra Vajjala, Julia Sample, Ashley DeVrieze, Christine Nessler, Allison Weiler, Aida Eure-Chooran, Susan Loveland, and interns Madi Palmer and Cody Murphy.