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… … More The Stories We Tell Part 2: Sam Bastille
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… … More “Poetry… A Way of Being In A World Not Made For Us”: A Review Of “Beauty Is A Verb”
Emerging writers often struggle with the urge to make their writing fit an ambiguous mold of perfection. Luckily, Jess Gallagher has advice…… More Blurring Boundaries: Challenging Our Compulsion To Categorize Writing
Sam Bastille explores poetry as a conduit for intersectionality and praises Jericho Brown’s “The Tradition”…… More Queer Authors: Intersectionality in Poetry
Ever wanted to try writing blackout poetry? Sam Bastille shows you how to get started…… More A History Of Blackout Poetry
Kevin Cox on using poetry as medication for cultural fixations… More Poetry as Medication For Cultural Fixations
Mia Yanosy on lessons in life and poetry from Patrizia Cavalli’s “The Keeper”… More Lessons in Patrizia Cavalli’s “The Keeper”
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 of your favorite songs on… More Read Between The Lyrics
By Danny Mitola If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that’s different during self-isolation, it’s the amount of people walking, biking, and running on my street. There have certainly been people in the past whose daily routines included these activities, but I’ve noticed many new faces. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise, really. With… More Walking in Wallace Stevens’s Footsteps
A Review of Mary Soon Lee’s Elemental Haiku, poems to honor the periodic table, three lines at a time By Esther Santiago Where the appreciation of science and poetry collides: A Review of Mary Soon Lee’s Elemental Haiku, poems to honor the periodic table, three lines at a time When I was younger, I wanted… More The Colliding of Science and Poetry