From the Editor

Loren R. Schmidt

Thanks for clicking on the Heritage College literary webzine, Pahto’s Shadow. For those of you whom serendipity have brought this way, Heritage College is a small, private ecumenical liberal arts college located on the Yakama Indian Nation in Toppenish, Washington. “Pahto” refers to Mount Adams in Sahaptin, the tongue of the Yakama Indian Nation. Mt. Adams looms large on the horizon here in the Yakima Valley, and all who dwell here live in its shadow.

Pahto’s Shadow began life five volumes ago as a hard-copy literary magazine produced by my English 452 desktop publishing class at Heritage and now gives birth to this, its first-born. We hope that it receives the same friendly and tolerant reception as its parent, or it may follow the locust’s lead and return to hibernation.

Like the pages you now peruse, the hard-copy volume features artists and writers from both the college and the Yakima Valley community. We welcome poetry, fiction, personal essays, artwork, and photography which reflect the rich life and diverse heritages of the Valley. Correspondence and submissions should be sent to me either through e-mail or via snail express:

Dr. Loren R. Schmidt
English Department
Heritage College
Toppenish, WA 98948

Enjoy!

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