Blog editor and poetry panelist Madison Bigelow makes a case for prose poetry.
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25th Anniversary Blog Post
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…
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The Stories We Tell Part 2: Sam Bastille
Nicole Catarino, Editor in Chief of the Long River Review, interviews our team member, Sam Bastille. In this interview, we get to see what the creative process of writing is like for one individual and how that process intermingles with tabletop role-playing games…
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“Poetry… A Way of Being In A World Not Made For Us”: A Review Of “Beauty Is A Verb”
A map of movement of disability across time and space, “Beauty is a Verb” brilliantly illustrates the ways in which disability is perceived by society. Jess Gallagher shares her thoughts and her hopes for the future of disability poetics…
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Blurring Boundaries: Challenging Our Compulsion To Categorize Writing
Emerging writers often struggle with the urge to make their writing fit an ambiguous mold of perfection. Luckily, Jess Gallagher has advice…
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Queer Authors: Intersectionality in Poetry
Sam Bastille explores poetry as a conduit for intersectionality and praises Jericho Brown’s “The Tradition”…
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Read Between The Lyrics
5 female singer-songwriters who put poetry into pop By Ryan Amato When you think of creative writing, chances are you don’t immediately think of music; but you’d be surprised that the same amount of creativity that goes into crafting the powerful metaphors and storylines that can be found in some…