An Interview with Timothy Stobierski (2013) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2013 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on April 1, 2013. After graduating UConn in 2011, former Long River Review editor Timothy Stobierski went on to publish his first book of poetry, Chronicles of a Bee Whisperer (River Otter Press, 2012). Several poems in Chronicles of… Continue Reading
Blog In Defense of The Substance: My Pick for Best Picture LRR, March 6, 2025May 7, 2025 Written by: Emily Sharkis The 2025 Oscars were held on March 2, 2025, and for the third year in a row, I challenged myself to watch all of the Best Picture nominees…and failed. I did, however, watch four of the Best Picture nominees: Wicked, The Substance, A Complete Unknown, and… Continue Reading
An Interview with Bruce Cohen (2013) LRR, March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2013 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on March 15, 2013. Bruce Cohen has written three volumes of poetry: Placebo Junkies Conspiring With the Half Asleep (2012), Swerve (2011), and Disloyal Yo-Yo (2009). He teaches creative writing at UConn. The following interview was conducted by Long… Continue Reading
Interview with Melissa Watterworth Batt (2012) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: 2012 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on May 3, 2012. During these past two semesters, I have worked as an intern in the archives at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, first blogging for the SideStream section of the Fresh Pickin’s blog and, more recently,… Continue Reading
An Interview with Kay Ryan (2012) LRR, March 6, 2025 Interview by: Devin O’Hara Note: the following interview was originally published on April 15, 2012. On April 9 and 10, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan visited the University of Connecticut as the 49th annual Wallace Stevens poet. Amanda Norelli wrote an introduction for Ms. Ryan on the… Continue Reading