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A Letter from the Editor: “Next not now”

LRR, 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…

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From Animal Semen to Dank Memes: The language of COVID-19

LRR, April 27, 2020April 26, 2020

By Alex Houdeshell It seems like all we can talk about these days is the coronavirus. I call up my friends but since all I’ve done for the past week is go to class from the comfort of my bed, and all they’ve done is play video games while lectures…

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Teenage Nostalgia Plus Free Time Equals Writing Prompts

LRR, April 24, 2020April 23, 2020

TLDR you can make a writing prompt out of anything By Natalie Baliker After several weeks at home, stuck staring at the walls as if they’re going to change any time soon, I’m desperate for distraction. But at the same time, I’m incapable of sitting down and channelling that energy…

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POV: You’re the Last Person in the World to Read Harry Potter

LRR, April 23, 2020April 22, 2020

By Jennie Fetzer Picture this, it’s the early 2000s, and if you’re a millennial or *cusp* Gen-Zer, you’re probably about to get off the bus from school, drink a Capri-Sun juice pouch, and read the Harry Potter series for the third (no, fourth) time through.  A strange reality hit me…

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Walking in Wallace Stevens’s Footsteps

LRR, April 22, 2020

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…

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Why I now have all the free time to write, yet I don’t do it

LRR, 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…

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Writing in Quarantine

LRR, April 21, 2020

A novice’s guide to finding the strength and motivation to actually get stuff done By Lauren Ablondi-Olivo If you’re anything like me, writing is hard enough as it is without a literal, global pandemic going on around us (creepily similar to the dystopian futures you read about in Station’s Eleven,…

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Art Prevails in Quarantine, Even in the Smallest Acts

LRR, April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

By Brenna Sarantides The day that UConn closed campus and moved to online classes, I told myself I would have a lot to show for all my free time. I’d read a few books a week. I’d finally start writing the novel I’ve been story-boarding. I’d finish a large canvas…

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Day #N We Become People Again

LRR, April 15, 2020

By Esther Santiago It’s the second time this week I wake up thinking it’s Sunday, but it’s not. It’s almost a month now since I’ve been back home in quarantine, and many days feel like they’re meshing into one. We’re all adjusting to our new routines of staying home and…

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Treating the Quarantine Blues: Where to Read for Free

LRR, April 6, 2020

By Jordan Shaw It’s been a few weeks since quarantine started, and we’ve all had to make some major adjustments. Many people have begun working remotely, classes have been moved online for students, and we’ve all been instructed to stay indoors in order to “flatten the curve” — or in…

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