About the Title

Briefly, about our title: Facets alludes to the process of making art compared to the formation of a jewel. To create a jewel, the earth is mined for raw stones, which are then washed, cut, and polished until the previously hidden, inherent brilliance of the stone itself shines through. Likewise, in a story, poem, or memoir, we mine the earth of our experience, then clean, shape, and polish it. This is what we can find in literature perhaps more than anywhere else: an ability to perceive ourselves, to plumb interior depths, and to appreciate myriad colorations in the facets of our human experience.   HOME

Lagoon at the University of California at Santa Barbara   Photograph by Ilene Segalove