Artist Spotlight: Emily Makarainen LRR, March 30, 2015February 8, 2025 Recently, I spoke with Emily Makarainen, a senior design student at the University of Connecticut. While Emily is busily preparing for her senior project final, she was gracious enough to offer me a little more insight on her project, titled “Unfolding Dimension”—a project that includes “a small book, a large… Continue Reading
Slam Poet: Rudy Francisco LRR, March 28, 2015February 8, 2025 I recently read a blog post about slam poetry by James Merenda. I love everything about slam poetry and spoken word and this article gave me some information that I didn’t know. For example, I did’t know that slam poetry was invented by a Chicago construction worker named Marc Smith. One… Continue Reading
We Need Diverse Books LRR, March 27, 2015February 8, 2025 If you haven’t heard about it, it’s time to change that. The “We Need Diverse Books” Campaign is an amazing campaign that started advocating for diverse books in 2014 on Twitter by Ellen Oh and Malinda Lo. They spoke of taking action that there weren’t many diverse books on the… Continue Reading
Overcoming the Obstacle of Outlining LRR, March 26, 2015February 8, 2025 Over Spring Break I had to do a lot of things I didn’t particularly care for such as: laundry, putting gas in the car, and outlining one of my (many) half-finished novels. I’ve never particularly liked the idea of outlining a novel. I always thought it was more natural to… Continue Reading
An Interview with Krisela Karaja (2015) LRR, March 25, 2015March 5, 2024 Krisela Karaja, the Editor-in-Chief of the 2014 Long River Review, is currently a Fulbright Student Research Fellow in Albania, where she is studying the concepts of memory and nationalism as seen in contemporary poetry during the 25-year post-communist, democratic transition. Though Krisela is focusing on five established Albanian poets for her formal… Continue Reading
Artist Spotlight: Sarah Merkel LRR, March 23, 2015February 8, 2025 Sarah Merkel is a senior art student at Uconn. She is currently working on her senior project before graduation. While the project itself may be finished, or close to finished, Sarah says this is a project she wants to keep up for the rest of her life. Sarah has chosen… Continue Reading
When Movie Adaptations Fail LRR, March 23, 2015February 8, 2025 The announcement of a movie adaptation of a favorite book is always an exciting one. It is the wonderful convergence of my love of reading and my firm standing as a movie geek. However, movie adaptations always come with risk: many times filmmakers get it right, but for every hit… Continue Reading
In Which All is the Star: Mutual Accentuation in Interdisciplinary Art LRR, March 22, 2015February 8, 2025 While the fine arts and the humanities are widely considered closely related, with poetry, painting, and musical performance falling under the same umbrella of creative expression, their interrelatedness less frequently emerges as the product of a creative project beyond filmmaking. However, the reality is changing, and the implications are enormous…. Continue Reading
Artist in the Spotlight: Erika Back LRR, March 21, 2015February 8, 2025 This week I’d like to put artist, Erika Back in the Long River Review spotlight. Erika is a senior Design major here at UConn, currently working on her senior project. I had the privilege of seeing her work a few weeks ago when the editors of the Long River Review… Continue Reading
The Romance of Literature LRR, March 20, 2015February 8, 2025 Yes, I know February is past us, but it still isn’t too late for a romance themed post, as it’s an everlasting subject in literature. After all, it’s perfect writing fodder – every experience is unique, yet universal, but largely inconclusive. We will never get to the bottom of this… Continue Reading