Blog Kiki’s Delivery Service: Why Do We Create Art? LRR, March 22, 2026March 22, 2026 Written by: Sofia Tas-Castro The first time I watched this film was last year when I was studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan. At the time, I hadn’t seen any of the Studio Ghibli Films (shocker, I know) before I arrived, but through the classes I was taking finally got exposed… Continue Reading
Blog Keeping Your Creativity Alive in a STEM World LRR, February 27, 2026February 26, 2026 Written by: Nabeeha Nafey If you’re anything like me, then you too must find yourself ever-oscillating between the distinct worlds of STEM and then the eclectic one of imagination. The former is full of gears in machines that turn that help us automate, theories rooted in science that make modern… Continue Reading
Blog The Stories We Tell Part 1: Eileen Sholomicky LRR, February 21, 2022February 8, 2025 When you write, what are you really writing about? It’s the age-old question, and one that Nicole Catarino explores in an interview with LRR’s own fiction editor, Eileen Sholomicky Continue Reading
Blog Blurring Boundaries: Challenging Our Compulsion To Categorize Writing LRR, February 15, 2022February 8, 2025 Emerging writers often struggle with the urge to make their writing fit an ambiguous mold of perfection. Luckily, Jess Gallagher has advice… Continue Reading
Blog Why I now have all the free time to write, yet I don’t do it LRR, April 22, 2020February 8, 2025 By Ryan Amato Staying home all day, avoiding contact with others, having less obligations than usual: This is the writer’s dream. Or, at least, it should be. For some reason, the idea of sitting down to write something just hasn’t crossed my mind, despite having nothing but free time to… Continue Reading
Blog Art Prevails in Quarantine, Even in the Smallest Acts LRR, April 16, 2020February 8, 2025 By Brenna Sarantides The day that UConn closed campus and moved to online classes, I told myself I would have a lot to show for all my free time. I’d read a few books a week. I’d finally start writing the novel I’ve been story-boarding. I’d finish a large canvas… Continue Reading
Blog What makes a story “next”? LRR, February 25, 2020February 8, 2025 By Kathryn O’Donnell Our mission at Long River this issue was to find and publish pieces that are next, not now. “Next” shouldn’t be reserved solely for ideas that have never been discussed before. “Next” could be looking at a story that’s already been told from a new perspective. The… Continue Reading
Musings of a Curious Newbie By: Breanna Patterson LRR, February 8, 2017February 8, 2025 I’m an amateur writer. I’ve clawed out my own precious corner of my school’s Creative Writing Program and it is in this space that I am continuously attempting to prove myself. That’s the issue with writers: we sit in front of our keyboards, we psychoanalyze our own characters, and we… Continue Reading
Fanfiction: Try It—No Wait, Hear Me Out! by Diana Koehm LRR, May 16, 2016February 8, 2025 I know what you’re thinking. Fanfiction. Aka poorly written smut by hormonal preteens. As a true lover of literature, I have no patience whatsoever for ill-written work. However, I refuse to condemn an entire community of writers based on the reputations of a few. If there’s anything I’ve learned by… Continue Reading
Stay Creative This Spring Break by Emily Cantor LRR, March 11, 2016February 8, 2025 “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London It’s been a long winter of below-freezing temperatures, snow, and that signature Storrs wind that we all love to hate. But Spring Break is approaching quickly and it’s bringing exactly the kind of… Continue Reading