Blog I Was a Computer Engineer, How Did I Get Here? LRR, February 16, 2026February 12, 2026 Written by: Edwige Edouard Everyone comes to college for different reasons. It could be to chase that dream job that would make you feel like you’re making a change in the world. Another reason could be that you want to make sure that you’re set up for a great job… Continue Reading
Blog The Five Best Books I Read in College LRR, April 11, 2023February 8, 2025 Our own nonfiction editor and copyediting lead Sophie Archambault shares her favorite reads from the past four years! Continue Reading
Constance By Jeremiah Dennehy (2017) LRR, July 9, 2017July 4, 2017 The Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Fiction, Third Place (2017) I don’t take the school bus, I don’t drive, and because mom doesn’t get home from work until four most of the time, I don’t ask her for a ride. But if I take the 509 toward Whitney Avenue at… Continue Reading
Erythrophobia By Jameson Croteau (2017) LRR, July 8, 2017July 4, 2017 From out in the outfield dirt, the crack of the bat was the only indicator a ball was rising up before dive bombing, back through the crepuscular sky. Jimmy turned and chased the echo of the sound. Go foul… Go foul… The ball, draped in a cloak of clouds, seemed… Continue Reading
Angus By Sten Spinella (2017) LRR, July 5, 2017July 4, 2017 The Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Fiction, Second Place (2017) The girl I was seeing had this dog, a real fluffy fucker, whose name was Angus. It was her boyfriend’s dog. She was taking care of Angus because his owner was studying abroad in New Zealand for the semester. I… Continue Reading
It’s Here: the 20th Anniversary Issue of LRR! LRR, June 4, 2017 It’s finally here, and it’s fluorescent. Our 20th Anniversary Issue is now available at the UConn Bookstore. We are so proud of this issue. Keep an eye out for the bright orange cover, and pick up your copy today. Thank you so much to our contributors that made this year’s… Continue Reading
Where I Am Going And Where I Have Been By: Maggie Parker LRR, May 19, 2017February 8, 2025 I live in extremes. People laugh when I say that, they smile at me as if they know what I mean. “You go from zero to 60. But you got that from me.” My mother has said to me. But she’s wrong, I’m not like her. My intensity is drug… Continue Reading
Nostalgia’s Curse By: Jameson Croteau LRR, April 4, 2017February 8, 2025 My grandparents’ living room reeked of encroaching death. Nature, for years, had been welcomed into the cracks of the handpicked brick walls that had been layered and mortared as an act of love from my strong armed Papa. But every one of those flowers, vines, and blooms were dying, curling… Continue Reading
10 Poems for Graduating Artists By: Taylor Caron LRR, March 20, 2017February 8, 2025 I often think that I am the only second semester senior with artistic ambitions who is realizing that the coming months may not perfectly correspond with my long-held fantasies as a post-graduate. Maybe all of you, loyal readers, are ecstatic to begin working with one of the four big… Continue Reading
Want to Write? Get Talking. By Benjamin Schultz LRR, February 21, 2017February 8, 2025 Like most people, I can never pass up a good story. I’m sure that you are no different. Stories have always been able to captivate the human psyche– whether spoken, written, or edited together. Even that Super Bowl commercial that made you laugh is telling a story (albeit one 30… Continue Reading