“Haunted Ghosts” by Katya Lyashenko LRR, June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 Second place winner for The Jennie Hackman Memorial Award for Short Fiction (2022) The thing about living long enough to see the aftermath (living longer than she ever thought she would), is that Josie doesn’t quite know what to do with herself anymore. There was always something before. Something to… Continue Reading
“Moon-Stain and Crawdad Eater” by Charlie M. Case LRR, June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 CW: Death, Domestic abuse This is what is most important: the ache in scraped knees. The crawdads scuttling among river rocks. The groan of pipes in your cracked kitchen sink. Night stealing hours. Ponds like meters-wide tide pools. Mud stealing hours. The leak in your bedroom ceiling, the water damage… Continue Reading
“Knell Inevitable” by Charlie M. Case LRR, June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 CW: Illness, Death It came to me on the sixth night of my sickness, when the suffering had ceased to be new. I had been lulled into those familiar throes which, now that I was accustomed to them, deceived me into thinking that they were kinder. In came something—and I… Continue Reading
“The Ostrava Line” by Liam Kelsey LRR, June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 Contest winner for The Long River Review Graduate Award (2022) “What would you like to know about yourself?” This was what my neighbor asked me when I took my seat. He was wearing a black suit and had a thick laptop resting on his thighs. I asked him what he… 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
Interviews An Interview with Lynda Loigman LRR, July 3, 2021March 5, 2024 Matthew Wisnefsky discusses publication and writing strategies with novelist Lynda Loigman… Continue Reading
An Interview with Aarushi Nohria LRR, June 5, 2021March 5, 2024 Mia Yanosy asks Aetna Translation Award winner Aarushi Nohria about her experience translating Continue Reading
An Interview with Anna Scoppetone LRR, May 22, 2021March 5, 2024 Abbey Campbell sits down with Anna Scoppetone to discuss “My Father’s Lemon Tree” Continue Reading
Interviews An Interview with Professor Ellen Litman LRR, May 8, 2021March 5, 2024 Camryn Johnson talks about creative writing with Professor Ellen Litman Continue Reading
Blog A Letter from the Editor: “Next not now” LRR, April 28, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading