National Poetry Month: EXO-SECRETARIAT by Blake Lee Pate
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. "Blake Lee Pate’s ‘Exo-Secretariat’ tackles workplace...
2014 Contest: An Interview with Fiction Winner Michael Mau
Michael Mau's short fiction has appeared in Mount Hope, Firewords Quarterly, Subtopian, Ferocious Quarterly, and other places. His story "Best Launderette" was selected by guest editor Pam Houston for the Fall 2014 edition of Fifth Wednesday Journal. The flash fiction...
National Poetry Month: JACKET COPY FOR ‘THE COP FOLLOWED FRANK INTO THE DINER’ by Adam Atkinson
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. "Jacket Copy for The Cop Followed Frank Into the...
Review: PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE by Atticus Lish
Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 Tyrant Books 418 pages Review by ELIZABETH MIKESCH This is what we should be reading right now. Most writers aren’t generous enough to generate books this clean or of heft. Books about what it means to be an American...
National Poetry Month: HOLIDAY by Wendy Xu
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. "I think what appealed to me the most about...
2014 Contest: Nonfiction Runner-up MOTHER TONGUE by Chelsey Clammer
Chelsey Clammer received her MA in Women's Studies from Loyola University Chicago, and is currently enrolled in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program. She has been published in The Rumpus, Essay Daily, and The Water~Stone Review among many others. She is an...
National Poetry Month: from A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOURS by Gro Dahle
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. "This sequence strikes me more and more each time I...
National Poetry Month: OF PLENTY by Curtis Rogers
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. "This poem by Curtis Rogers offers a strange...
Contest 2014: Poetry Runner-up SELF PORTRAIT WITH HAWK & ARMADA by Emily Skaja
Emily Skaja grew up next to a cemetery in northern Illinois. Along with Julie Henson, she is the Poetry Editor of Sycamore Review. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Indiana Review, Indiana Review, PANK, The Pinch, Pleiades, and Southern Indiana...
41.2 Feature: An Interview with Zach Powers
Zach Powers lives and writes in Savannah, GA. His work has appeared in The Brooklyn Review, Forklift, Ohio, Phoebe, Caketrain, PANK, and elsewhere. He is the founder of the literary arts nonprofit Seersucker Live (SeersuckerLive.com). He leads the writers' workshop at...