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A tension often belies the relationship of the writer and the reader. Some authors are vehemently and vocally opposed to certain interpretations of...

Last year, the team at LRR created a video sharing the words they felt best described the magazine. Since then, the Long River Review has evolved, and...

1. You use those golden words you picked up from class, like juxtapose and dichotomy, way too frequently in everyday conversations, like a phone call...

Writer’s Block. Those dreaded words no writer likes to hear. We sympathize with those who have it, we look for support when we’ve got it...

Nothing beats writing to a good soundtrack.  Great songs have gotten me through the worst days of my life, and have complimented some of my best...

  The first time I read Jane Eyre was through Project Gutenberg, on my laptop. My friends all asked how I could read for that long on a computer...

I read weird books.  Books that most people–even people who love to read–have never heard of and really should have.  There are two...

A friend of mine is spending the year in Paris, and so, has been stoking my jealousy by reminding me how much literature and how many literary...

Poetry is wonderful. There is just something about having a limited amount of space and slaving over lines and diction to make sure absolutely every...