Blog How Museums Changed My Life LRR, May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Written by: Chengli Payton Some people like them, some people don’t. But once you do, you’re forever changed. That statement applies to many things, but I’m talking about museums! I have been going to museums since before I could walk. I have fond memories of aimlessly wandering great tourist-filled halls… Continue Reading
Blog 25th Anniversary Blog Post LRR, April 29, 2022February 8, 2025 In honor of the 25th anniversary of LRR, editors Jess Gallagher and Nicole Catarino reflect on the legacy that each staff has helped to create… Continue Reading
Blog Historical Fiction to Remind Us That This Too Shall Pass LRR, April 1, 2020February 8, 2025 By Natalie Baliker History is written in black and white, words on a page. Often, the darker parts of history are so many years removed from the present that we can safely regard the deaths of many as an “event” rather than the tragedy it was for those who lived… Continue Reading
Blog Books: The 19th Century Vibrator LRR, March 5, 2020February 8, 2025 By Anna Zarra Aldrich The male ego has been a fragile thing for centuries; and in the 19th century, this ego was especially threatened by a particularly heinous device that could eliminate a woman’s need for a man entirely: Books. Sinister, seditious, patriarchy-disestablishing books. When women became more active members… Continue Reading
Blog The Best Places to Acquire Books LRR, March 3, 2020February 8, 2025 By Natalie Baliker Shopping for books is an experience almost as satisfying as sitting down to read them. I tend to visit at least one bookstore every place I visit, but I’ve come to notice that no two are alike. No, we’re not discussing Barnes & Noble, where every store… Continue Reading
Crumbling Walls By Kristina Reardon (2017) LRR, July 6, 2017July 4, 2017 Long River Graduate Writing Award, Winner (2017) “Petra, she say there be bones,” my grandmother told me, pointing beyond me to the old castle on top of the hill. The frame of the old, Slavic structure was about as beautiful as a decaying tooth with jagged corners. A revolting brownness… Continue Reading
On the Banks of the Long River Review: Its Roots and History by Hattie Wilcox LRR, February 14, 2016February 8, 2025 Will you find a treatise on why pancakes matter? The answer to whether or not Diego Rivera actually had a certificate from his doctor stating he was physically incapable of fidelity? Or the reason why certain Russians have been known to sport watermelon bowl hats and pose for photos in… Continue Reading
“Soooo….Do You Want to be a Teacher?”: Lessons Learned from Being an English Major LRR, March 3, 2014February 8, 2025 I never liked kids. My mom loves to tell the story of how, when I was five, I asked where babies come from. After she detailed the process in five-year-old speak, I wrinkled my nose. “Am I going to have to do that?” Don’t get me wrong, I like my… Continue Reading