Guilt Treatment by Noah Bukowski (2017) LRR, June 25, 2017June 24, 2017 Aetna Creative Nonfiction Award Undergraduate Winner (2017) The form said that every article of clothing we wore that day had to be white, even our undergarments. My dad wasn’t into this kind of thing, so he had normal clothes on and was going to drive around for most of the… Continue Reading
“The things that hold you back can often help you”: An Interview with Poet Allison Joseph, By Taylor Caron (2017) LRR, June 17, 2017March 5, 2024 It’s been said that expectations are best kept low when meeting a brilliant writer. This advice makes sense when one considers that a writer is presenting their best, most polished self on the page. The real thing should inevitably yield disappointing. I feel privileged in being able to verify that… Continue Reading
It’s Here: the 20th Anniversary Issue of LRR! LRR, June 4, 2017 It’s finally here, and it’s fluorescent. Our 20th Anniversary Issue is now available at the UConn Bookstore. We are so proud of this issue. Keep an eye out for the bright orange cover, and pick up your copy today. Thank you so much to our contributors that made this year’s… Continue Reading
Another 2017 video! LRR, June 4, 2017 Take a look at one of our earlier videos from 2017, created by Ben Schultz and starring Creative Nonfiction Panelist, Brandon Marquis. Video by: Benjamin Schultz Get pumped for the Long River Review's 20th Anniversary Edition to be released this April! Posted by Long River Review on Sunday, February 26,… Continue Reading
Check Out the Making of the 20th Anniversary Edition of LRR LRR, June 4, 2017June 4, 2017 Check out our latest video, a mini behind-the-scenes look at the efforts of the 2017 LRR staff. Thank you to our talented team member, Ben Shultz! Continue Reading
Punctuation Party Stereotypes By: Mairead Loschi LRR, April 8, 2017February 8, 2025 If you’re living the life of a typical college student, you’ve probably made it to a party or two (no word back on if you remember them…). And, if you’re at all like me (a writer and a deeply introverted person), you’ve probably also cringed at the memory of going… Continue Reading
Books and Videogames: A Marriage of Two Mediums By: Autumn Magro LRR, April 7, 2017February 8, 2025 I love videogames more than books – sometimes. It’s not easy to admit that books are not my one bountiful passion in life (because how romantic is that?), and it’s taken me even longer to rationalize the two together. Unlike books, there is a negative connotation with video games. There… Continue Reading
PATERSON: The Blue-Collar Poet and Writing with a ‘Day Job’ By: Nicholas DiBenedetto LRR, April 5, 2017February 8, 2025 Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson is Paterson in ways that I never realized something could be Paterson. The film’s star, Adam Driver, plays a bus driver and poet named Paterson, who lives in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, and whose favorite poet is William Carlos Williams (whose epic poem Paterson, is… Continue Reading
Embarrassing First Lines By: Sydney Lauro LRR, March 17, 2017February 8, 2025 A few years ago, my mom found an old composition notebook of mine from when I was a wee tike. In it, there was one entry that struck her. It said something like: “Meghan (my sister) says if I try hard one day I might write good.” Even little me… Continue Reading
English Major and Pre-Med: Reconciling Medicine and Literature through Stories By: Stephanie Koo LRR, March 7, 2017February 8, 2025 It’s a normal day at the hospital. I, a valued member of the Emergency Department translational research team, approach a patient to enroll them in one of our studies (read: extremely socially awkward girl, wearing scrubs too big for her, bothers sick and crying kids and their sleep-deprived parents, to… Continue Reading