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 moments. I might carry a pen and notebook with me almost everywhere, but I am absolutely addicted to my iPod. I have a ridiculous…
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You Can’t Appreciate a Book as an E-Book
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 screen; I replied that it did not bother me, that I was used to it because I prefer to read for…
Books That Aren’t Famous (But Should Be)
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 trilogies in particular that I really think ought to be much more well-known than they are, and yes, they are YA series. I don’t care; they’re still…
A Heavenly Bookstore
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 landmarks abound across the European continent. Most recently, she told me about Selexyz Dominicanen, a 13th century gothic church that has been converted…
A More Modern Approach to Poetry
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 line-break and word is meaningful and poignant to the overall poem. That being said, a lot of poets seem to think in order to write…
Call for Nonfiction Submissions/How You Know You’re a Nonfiction Writer
Call for Nonfiction Submissions/How You Know You’re a Nonfiction Writer 1. You know you’re a nonfiction writer if there are moments you cannot shake. Granted, we all have them. Mine include the night down by the ferry, when I sat beneath the one blinking stoplight at 11 p.m., feet propped…
Long River Review Is…
Check out our new video, Long River Review Is, and don’t forget to come to the release party. It’s April 28th, at 6 pm in the UConn Co-op. Long River Review Is…
The Book Barn
Home is a powerful word. It means that safe space we come back to, that place where we are ourselves, where we feel we are in the right place, our place in the world. The saying “home is where the heart is,” means not only does our home hold a…
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Fiction: Like Real Life, Only Better
“It’s no wonder truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” – Mark Twain I like to think of fiction as a special version of reality. Fiction is inherently made up of lies, and yet it has a power unlike anything else, because it presents reality not actually…
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