Fiction writer Dyland Landis, reads excerpt from her novel 'Floorwork'  during the 'Santa Monica Review : Celebrating 20 Years'  at SMC on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Santa Monica College’s national literary arts journal, published twice yearly, showcases the literary voices of established authors and emerging writers. Founded by SMC English instructor Jim Krusoe (Blood Lake, Iceland), the Review has presented readers experimental, thoughtful, and funny works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and essays—including works by well-known authors such as Gary Soto, Lynn Freed and Alan Cheuse—during its nearly 20 years of publication, and has achieved a reputation as one of the West Coast’s leading journals.