About
Gavin Garza
is a poet and memoirist from Sanger, California. He is of Anglo-Chicano descent. Raised in the Institute of Basic Life Principles, a non-denominational Christian cult, Garza is currently reclaiming his Chicanismo through tutorship and social justice. In 2024, he became a California Youth Leadership Corp Fellow and was awarded the Dean's Medallion by Fresno City College's Humanities Division for his academic achievements. His work has been featured in MudRoom, Eucalyptus Lit, Flies, Cockroaches, and Poets, Bullshit, Airplane Reading, the Los Angeles Poet Society, and elsewhere. Garza can be found sharing his Spotify rotation on Instagram and Twitter @anoldsoulsong.
About
Hannah Kleinkramer
graduated from Reedley College in 2021, and Arizona State University in 2023 with her bachelor's degree in English Literature. She has been published in Reedley College's Literary journal Symmetry and The Blue Marble Review. In her free time, she enjoys playing the ukulele and singing with her dad, skeet shooting with her shotgun, laughing with her friends, and repairing vintage typewriters.
About
Paula Rawlings
enjoys writing fiction and creative nonfiction. Her work has been published in Reedley College’s 2023 Symmetry. She is a spring 2024 graduate of Fresno City College and plans to pursue her MFA in creative writing through Southern New Hampshire University. In her free time, she likes to hold her dogs’ massive heads to her chest, kiss horses’ noses, watch movies with her daughters, take non-winding car rides with her husband, ponder, cogitate, dream, ruminate, speculate—yeah, she likes to think. If she thinks productively, she writes.
Letter From the Editors
Dear Readers,
We are thrilled to share Reedley College's spring 2024 edition of the Kings River Review. This semester, we were fortunate to receive 137 submissions and curate a collection spanning diverse genres, encompassing art, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. From the voices of Reedley College students to contributions from out-of-state scholars, we're grateful for the various perspectives emerging within our community colleges. Our gratitude goes out to all who entrusted us with their work for this issue. We hope our selections will give all our readers an opportunity to laugh, cry, and pause for deep reflections, just as they did for us. Among the themes to explore are hometowns, 90s music, transition, mythology, resilience, heritage, and the inane. Our mission is to present a wide spectrum of emotions and topics, laying the foundation for future editions. The Kings River Review stands as a platform for your creativity. With that being said, we eagerly anticipate your future submissions and hope you find enjoyment within these pages.
Warm regards,
Gavin Garza
Hannah Kleinkramer
Paula Rawlings
KRR Editors