LRRewind: Episode 3 – Jolene, Nick, and Rylee on BookTok, Film Adaptations, and Pop Culture LRR, March 6, 2025 Note: the following podcast was originally published on April 22, 2024. Rylee: Hi, everyone. I’m Rylee, and I’m the interviews and podcast editor for the Long River Review. This is the Long River Rewind. Jolene: I’m Jolene. I’m a poetry panelist here at the Long River Review. Nick: And I’m Nick…. Continue Reading
An Interview with Novelist and Short Story Writer Laura van den Berg (2016) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: Carleton Whaley Note: the following interview was originally published on April 27, 2016. Laura van den Berg is a short story writer and novelist known for her collections What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us and The Isle of Youth, as well as her… Continue Reading
Deciphering DIAGRAM with Ander Monson (2016) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: Allison McLellan and Alexandra Cichon Note: the following interview was originally published on April 19, 2016. DIAGRAM is an online magazine that, as its name suggests, stands out in the unique use of obscure diagrams and schematics accompanying written works displayed in refreshing, innovative ways, including fiction, poetry, and… Continue Reading
Keeping a Beginner’s Mind: An Interview with Dave Mercier (2016) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: Carleton Whaley Note: the following interview was originally published on March 12, 2016 Dave Mercier is the creator of the comic Mercworks, a weekly webcomic strip. He has self-published two collections of his comics, Mercworks: The Joy of Despair and Mercworks: The Cure for the Human Condition. Carleton Whaley: So… Continue Reading
On Reading More Slowly, Child’s Play, and Understanding Languages: An Interview with Susan Stewart (2015) LRR, March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 Interview by: Nikki Barnhart Note: the following interview was originally published on February 7, 2016. Susan Stewart – American poet, Princeton professor, Genius Award recipient – visited UConn as our 2015 Wallace Stevens poet on April 1st. I had the opportunity to ask her a few questions on her work and… Continue Reading
“I am first a creature of the imagination”: An Interview with Benjamin Grossberg (2016) LRR, March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2016 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on February 7, 2016. I had the opportunity to ask this year’s guest of the Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write Series, Benjamin Grossberg. Supplement your experience of his reading with his answers, and read them alone – Ben… Continue Reading
Interview with Camille Dungy (2015) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: Nikki Barnhart Note: the following interview was originally published on June 2, 2015. I’m the interviews editor for the Long River Review. Professor Pelizzon contacted you on my behalf about an interview to include in our latest issue. Your work is so beautiful and powerful and we’re all honored… Continue Reading
Journal Feature: The Blueshift (2015) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2015 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on April 28, 2015. I had the pleasure of speaking with Tyler Tsay, the editor-in-chief, of the profound new literary journal The Blueshift Journal. This journal features young, relatively undiscovered writers and artists, hoping that great art will provide an… Continue Reading
An Interview with Asinine Poetry Editor Shay Tasaday (2015) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2015 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on April 23, 2015. Over the past few weeks, my fellow editors and I have been working on a journal project. We selected two literary journals, one of mine being Asinine Poetry, did some research and presented on them…. Continue Reading
An Interview with Rattle Magazine Editor Timothy Green (2015) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2015 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally posted on April 21, 2015. About a week ago, I had the pleasure to interview Timothy Green, an editor for Rattle. For those who don’t know, Rattle is a literary magazine based out of Los Angeles and founded in… Continue Reading