Interview by: 2012 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on April 9, 2012. Come and show your support for our talented artists at the senior art showcase Friday, April 27, 2012! This year’s team includes Rebecca Hawley, Dana Haddad, Daryl Wu, and Taylor Diglio. LRR: Favorite medium? Rebecca…
Interview with Diane Smith, Joseph Michael Owens, and Annam Manthiram, editors of “Grey Sparrow” (2011)
Interview by: Alyssa Palazzo Note: the following interview was originally published on April 4, 2011. 1. Universities and presses back several magazines, but this does not appear to be the case with Grey Sparrow. Where do you receive your funding? Diane Smith: I personally fund Grey Sparrow from a modest savings…
Interview with Alyssa Palazzo (2011)
Interview by: Lynnette Repellot Note: the following interview was originally published on April 4, 2011. Palazzo is a creative non-fiction panelist for the Long River Review. Q: You write poetry, creative non-fiction, and fiction. What appeals to you about writing in the poetic form? In the prose form? A lot…
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Nature’s Intelligence: Lessons from the Dung Beetle and Beyond
Written by: Kiara Korten It is as though I am constantly finding out some new, amazing facts about the complexities and intelligence of the natural world around me. For instance, legumes have the remarkable ability to fix nitrogen, ants and aphids share a mutualistic relationship, fungi are more closely related…
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I Co-Authored an Essay with AI – Here’s How it Went
Written by: Sky Cummings Imagine you’re the CEO of a small company and you just hired a new assistant. They’re certainly hard working – they get you coffee, organize your files, and draft emails all without being asked. However, they get your Starbucks order wrong, insisting you said you wanted…
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How Getting into Anime and Manga Helped Me Develop as a Writer
Written by: Sofia Tas-Castro Around the time I started watching anime and reading manga, I was in middle school and if you were a kid growing up in the early 2000s/2010s, then you know admitting you liked anime or manga was like a death sentence for your social life. Why…
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Hemingway’s Greatest Short Stories
Written by: Elijah Polance A few summers ago, I brought a copy of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea on a vacation to the Adirondacks. Hemingway’s stark depiction of Santiago’s struggle and measured prose enraptured me, and I finished it in one sitting. I’ve been a fan ever since. …
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Why You Should Care About Nardwuar, the Human Serviette
Written by: Liam Smith If you’re a participant in online music forums (as I am) you’ve undoubtedly encountered Nardwuar the Human Serviette; the only celebrity journalist who’s interviewed every musician from Chappell Roan to Nirvana. With a unique blend of off-kilter comedy and unparalleled music knowledge, he’s attracted millions of…
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Your Next Dinner: Gigi Hadid’s Spicy Vodka Pasta
Written by: Jules Dowling While staying at home kept us safe from COVID-19 during the pandemic, staying home also meant being separated from the outside world and our everyday lives. So, it was no surprise when all of us turned to embracing indoor life and the hobbies we would dedicate…
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The Folklore Love-Triangle: Explained
Written by: Ella Raath Taylor Swift’s 2020 album, Folklore, was a change of pace for fans around the globe as Swift pivoted from writing about her personal life, to writing about entirely fictional characters. Swifties quickly found a connection between three songs in particular that told the bigger story of…