Review (from the Women Who Killed It series): LITTLE STRANGER by Lisa Olstein
Our Review Editor Josh English reviews his four favorite books of poetry published this year. These are the Women Who Killed It in 2013.
Poetry, Nonfiction, and Art Submissions Now open!
Happy Holidays dear readers! We are excited to announce that our poetry and nonfiction genres are now open for submission. We are seeking poetry that engages with the unfamiliar and jarring; that articulates and provokes our starkest emotions; and nonfiction that...
Review: THE WARMTH OF THE TAXIDERMIED ANIMAL by Tytti Heikkinen
The Warmth of the Taxidermied Animal Tytti Heikkinen (translated by Niina Pollari) 2013 Action Books 115 pages Review by JENIFER PARK Translated from Finnish by Niina Pollari, The Warmth of the Taxidermied Animal, is a compilation of poems from Tytti Heikkinen’s first...
Review: DANIEL FIGHTS A HURRICANE by Shane Jones
Daniel Fights a Hurricane Shane Jones 2012 Penguin Books 224 pages Review by ERIN L. MILLER The unfolding of Shane Jones’s newest novel Daniel Fights a Hurricane ultimately hinges on fear—specifically, protagonist Daniel Suppleton’s fear of a hurricane wiping out the...
Support Black Warrior Review!
Black Warrior Review is celebrating our 40th anniversary by inviting you to join us for CATSBY!, our 2013 Auction, to be held November 6th at 7:30pm in the Martini Room of Glory Bound Gyro Co. (2325 University Blvd Tuscaloosa, AL 35401). The...
40th Anniversary Feature: A SUGGESTION FOR DEPARTING
BY AMBER VOGEL The passengers gather. The conductor smokes The last of his cigarette, leans from the door, And flicks the end away. Your steps Quicken. You are clutching your ticket And your magazine. You stop. You wheel Round, panicked by yet another Vagrant...
9th Annual Contest Results!
BWR is pleased to announce the winners of our 9th Annual Contest in Prose, Poetry, and Nonfiction. Each winner will receive $1000.00 prize and publication in issue 40.2 of BWR (forthcoming this spring). Mari Christmas was selected as the fiction winner for her story,...
40th Anniversary Feature: THE HORSE ON THE POND
by JIM HILGARTNER BWR Genre Editor, Fiction, 1996-1997 Cutting cordwood on the ridge Where the wind sweeps snow From fallen leaves and bracken, I paused, and stood holding the saw. Blue mountains shone Distant in the blue air. And at my feet an old plow horse,...
40th Anniversary Feature: DAN KAPLAN
By DAN KAPLAN BWR Editor, Fiction, 2003-2004 What is that jingle again Who is roofer to the world. Re: Beethoven and the electric toothbrush: not true. Over the afternoon, masses disagree with heat. How easily it fits into any briefcase or purse. What we are...
Join us for the 42nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts!
Oct. 19 & 20, 2013 9am to 5pm, Kentuck Park, 3501 5th St., Northport, AL 35476 Black Warrior Review will be joining hundreds of artists at Kentuck Park for this annual festival. Stop by our booth (B22A) for a free t-shirt with a purchase of a two year...