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
Blog From Animal Semen to Dank Memes: The language of COVID-19 LRR, April 27, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog Teenage Nostalgia Plus Free Time Equals Writing Prompts LRR, April 24, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog POV: You’re the Last Person in the World to Read Harry Potter LRR, April 23, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog Walking in Wallace Stevens’s Footsteps LRR, April 22, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog Why I now have all the free time to write, yet I don’t do it LRR, April 22, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog Writing in Quarantine LRR, April 21, 2020February 8, 2025 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,… Continue Reading
Blog Art Prevails in Quarantine, Even in the Smallest Acts LRR, April 16, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog Day #N We Become People Again LRR, April 15, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Blog Treating the Quarantine Blues: Where to Read for Free LRR, April 6, 2020February 8, 2025 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… Continue Reading