One thing that politics has reminded us in the last few months is that gender equality, even in a first-world country like the United States, still has a long way to go. Some women remain oblivious and believe they already have access to equality. This is, of course, false. The…
Nostalgia’s Curse By: Jameson Croteau
My grandparents’ living room reeked of encroaching death. Nature, for years, had been welcomed into the cracks of the handpicked brick walls that had been layered and mortared as an act of love from my strong armed Papa. But every one of those flowers, vines, and blooms were dying, curling…
Thank You!
Another successful Bags and Books Sale! From the staff of Long River Review 2017, thank you for the continued support.
Poetry Slam Series!
This year, we are launching a Poetry Slam series on our website. Watch local poets read from their work, published here for the first time on LongRiverReview.com. Also included are text of the complete poems, and short interviews with the writers. Our first post in this series features “The Anthem”,…
Slam at the Benton: “The Anthem” by Mary Kozan (2017)
The Anthem by Mary Kozan i. The bungalow colony was in its heydey. Blondes unfurled Their legs on plastic deck chairs, laughing like advertisements Over bottles of Coca-Cola. Their children pissed in the pool and shrieked With joy. Tits sagged in one-piece floral bathing suits. My grandmother (then, in the…
Soundtracks for Studying and Writing By: Emily Catenzaro
I listen to soundtracks for fun. I’m not sure if it’s because of my background in figure skating, because I’m a big movie buff, or I just love music in general, but I’ve listened to soundtracks since I was a kid. When my peers were really excited about Eminem, I…
Ten Books I was Assigned to Read as an Undergrad that Actually Didn’t Suck By: Amanda McCarthy
It happens every semester. You arrive on the first day of class, sit down, and pour over the list of assigned texts that you will need to trudge through over the coming months. You remember something your tenth grade English teacher said about the classics being important and every time…
Procrastinating? Look to the Visual Narrative By: Benjamin Schultz
If there’s one thing college students know how to find on the Internet, it’s sequentially-conveyed stories that are just interesting enough to distract them from their coursework and just boring enough that they can leave and come back without missing anything. Here, I’d like to encourage a different approach to…
A Foray into Fantasy: Seven Must-Read Recommendations By: Rebecca Hill
The first book that I ever fell in love with was Dinosaurs at Dark, the first of the Magic Tree House series . I remember sitting alone on the living room carpet at six years old when, suddenly, I realized I was reading a “real” book with no…
Morrison’s Mystery Flavored Prose By: Traci Parker
Remember mystery flavored candy? When you were little, you and your friends would take turns tearing a piece from a mystery Airhead, and fight over what the flavor was. You used to roll white DumDum pops from cheek to cheek, closing your eyes as your mouth discerned hints of strawberry…
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