42.1 Feature: An Interview with Patty Yumi Cottrell
“Absurdity is the rigorous and joyful practice of seeing the world as it is and then making something…”
Review: THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson
At this year’s NYC PRIDE a group of people were handing out self-published, large format, pink and black newspapers that pronounced in 212-point font “I HATE THE GAYS.” …
42.1 Feature: Alex McElroy Reads “Modes of Mortality: A Review of Pa Seidel’s Oeuvre”
42.1 contributor Alex McElroy reads segments from his essay, accompanied by illustrations by Allegra Hyde.
No-Fee Black Friday Submission
The editors of Indiana Review, Black Warrior Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review are excited to read submissions in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction without a fee for one day only.
42.1 Feature: An Interview with Kat Finch
Interview by RYAN BOLLENBACH
Announcing BWR’s 2015 Pushcart Prize Nominees
We at BWR are immensely proud to nominate these extraordinary works that appeared in our pages for the 2015 Pushcart Prize. While we cherish every story, poem, nonfiction, or combination thereof that…
42.1 Feature: An Interview with MRB Chelko
By RYAN BOLLENBACH Black Warrior Review: One of the things that grabbed me about this series is the way that the lack of punctuation complicates the intimate (dare I say punctuated) relationships between the characters. At what point in the writing process….
Review: i built a boat with all the towels in your closet… by Leia Penina Wilson
Leia Penina Wilson 112 pages Red Hen Press Review by RYAN BOLLENBACH The universe of Leia Penina Wilson’s debut poetry collection i built a boat with all the towels in your closet (and will let you drown) is rendered through six separate sections from multiple…
11th Annual Contest Results!
BWR is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of our 11th Annual Contest in Prose, Poetry, and Nonfiction. Each winner will receive $1,000 and publication in issue 42.2 of BWR (forthcoming this spring), and each runner-up will receive $100. Jill Rosenberg was...
42.1 Feature: Craft Essay by Shamala Gallagher
I don’t believe in “craft,” but I believe in self-frustration—blood-frustration that rattles the edges of the person and rattles its core.