An Interview with Lynda Loigman
July 3, 2021
Matthew Wisnefsky discusses publication and writing strategies with novelist Lynda Loigman…… More An Interview with Lynda Loigman
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An Interview with Aarushi Nohria
June 5, 2021
Mia Yanosy asks Aetna Translation Award winner Aarushi Nohria about her experience translating… More An Interview with Aarushi Nohria
An Interview with Anna Scoppetone
May 22, 2021
Abbey Campbell sits down with Anna Scoppetone to discuss “My Father’s Lemon Tree”… More An Interview with Anna Scoppetone
An Interview with Professor Ellen Litman
May 8, 2021
Camryn Johnson talks about creative writing with Professor Ellen Litman… More An Interview with Professor Ellen Litman
A Letter from the Editor: “Next not now”
April 28, 2020
From Anna Zarra Aldrich The theme for this year’s Long River Review was “next, not now.” Throughout the course of this semester we discovered the various meanings of “next” and found that each of our definitions differed slightly, which is part of the beauty of working with a large editorial staff. For me, next was… More A Letter from the Editor: “Next not now”
Why I now have all the free time to write, yet I don’t do it
April 22, 2020
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 write. Instead of finishing that… More Why I now have all the free time to write, yet I don’t do it
The Best Places to Acquire Books
March 3, 2020
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 is a near-perfect copy. Oh… More The Best Places to Acquire Books
What’s a Literary Instagram Anyways?
February 26, 2020
And the 10 That You Should be Following Based on Your Aesthetic! By Jennie Fetzer In an internet-obsessed world of Kardashians and #Sponsored content, it might seem hard to imagine another kind of social media influencer- one who inspires you to do the exact opposite of scrolling through your feed and pick up a book?… More What’s a Literary Instagram Anyways?
Writing With Sound: Making playlists for your stories
February 18, 2020
Sometimes to see, you need to listen first. For almost all of the projects I would create before 2016, I ran into a wall over and over again: For some reason, I couldn’t visualize anything about my stories the way I needed to. It wasn’t because I didn’t have a vivid imagination or that my… More Writing With Sound: Making playlists for your stories
Constance By Jeremiah Dennehy (2017)
July 9, 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 6:15, I usually get to… More Constance By Jeremiah Dennehy (2017)