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National Poetry Month: ROOM WITH TWO WINDOWS by Sarah V. Schweig

Apr 1, 2014 | Archive, Feature

Room with Two Windows by Sarah V. Schweig When he left, I was what was left. When two trees fell, I saw them falling. The noise of the street quiets the mind now the trees and wind are gone. Today I watch a man saw away the dead branch he’s standing on....

National Poetry Month!

Apr 1, 2014 | Archive, Feature, News

For many poets, the start of National Poetry Month signals a time to create new work, and to develop their craft in unexpected directions. For those of us at the Black Warrior Review, the month of April also signals an opportunity to appreciate and re-engage with the...

Bankhead Presents: Keetje Kuipers and Jamie Quatro, Thursday 7:30 PM!

Mar 4, 2014 | Archive, News

Please join us at 7:30 PM at the University Club this Thursday (March 6), for a fantastic reading with fantastic snacks. Poet Keetje Kuipers and novelist Jamie Quatro will both have books available for sale, and there will be beautiful limited-edition broadsides from...

Review: WILL OLDHAM ON BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY by Alan Licht

Mar 3, 2014 | Archive, Reviews

Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy Ed. Alan Licht 2012 W. W. Norton & Company 400 pages Review by ANDREW WUSLER In the recently released book length interview, Will Oldham on Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Oldham takes a break from talking about touring to discuss a...

AWP and Issue 40.2!

Feb 17, 2014 | Archive, News

Heading to Seattle for AWP The editors of Black Warrior Review are delighted to be a continued presence at AWP's Annual Conference and Bookfair. Though the Pacific Northwest is known for rain as well as good literature, BWR hopes to see you, our fantastic community...

Review: FROM OLD NOTEBOOKS by Evan Lavender-Smith

Feb 10, 2014 | Archive, Reviews

From Old Notebooks Evan Lavender-Smith 2010 BlazeVOX Books 178 pages Review by STEPHEN THOMAS Evan Lavender-Smith’s From Old Notebooks is a conceptual book that would like to think it’s hiding a living, breathing, narrative heart; and it basically is, I...

Bankhead Reading Jan. 30 with Mathias Svalina and Joanna Ruocco!

Jan 16, 2014 | Archive, News

On January 30 at 7:30pm, Black Warrior Review and the University of Alabama will be hosting Mathias Svalina and Joanna Ruocco at the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. All readings are made possible by an...