Escape into a world of poetry and fiction with Washington Square On Air. Hosted by Poetry Editors Rosalie Sanara Petrouske and Susan Serafin-Jess and Fiction Editor Melissa Lucken, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the Washington Square Review, how to submit your work and hear from published authors and poets themselves.

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First appearing as a serial in Cornhill Magazine in 1880, Washington Square focuses on the strained relationship between father and daughter, which is instigated as a result of opposing personalities, viewpoints, and lack of affection. At the same time, James presents an insidious father, who would rather sacrifice his daughter’s happiness and condemn her to a lifetime of misery, simply to prove the accuracy of his prediction. Essentially a tragicomedy, the novel focuses on themes including ...