Spectrum Vol. LXV

Spectrum is The Literary Journal of the College of Creative Studies University of California Santa Barbara. Founded in 1957, Spectrum is the longest-running literary magazine in the University of California system. They frequently receive and accept submissions from several other distinguished universities outside of the UC system, such as Sarah Lawrence College and Cornell University. Over the years, Spectrum has published work by luminaries such as William Carlos Williams, Jean Cocteau, Raymond Carver, Barry Spacks, Alex Ortolani, Jervey Tervalon, Teddy Macker, Louisa Hall, Hugh Kenner, Sam Hamill, and Lydia Bird.

This edition is Spectrum's 65th year of publication, and features the following contributors, among others:

Doug Ramspeck: song to a racoon on its back by the roadside

Celine Pun: the forest of iron legs

Scarlett Peterson: Late Revelations, Transformations

James N. Powell: The Deer Sermon

Phoebe Pineda: Chimera

Ben Jin: Lovers Point

Robert Kaye: Transit Lane

Maria Correa: La Sortija de Sofia