Review: FAR FROM SUDDEN by Brent Goodman
Far from Sudden Brent Goodman 2013 Black Lawrence Press 60 pages Review by JOSH ENGLISH Brent Goodman’s second book Far From Sudden is broken up into four sections: “Gravity,” “Telemetry,” “Eventually,” and “Trajectory.” It is worth noting that each section-title is...
Only A Month Left to Enter!
Put a pot of coffee on the stove, turn your phone's ringer off, and plug in that laptop: there is only one month left to send your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to our ninth-annual contest! All entries must be submitted by September 1, and all entrants will...
2013 Contest: An Interview with Nonfiction Judge Jenny Boully
Interview by LEIA PENINA WILSON Black Warrior Review: If you were to be trapped/stuck/magically transported (or synonym of choice) in a fairytale, which fairytale would it be? I’m always irrationally afraid I’ll be transported (you know because of magic) into some...
2013 Contest: An Interview with Poetry Judge Kate Durbin
Interview by ANNE BRETTELL Black Warrior Review: What was it that initially got you interested in poetry? What aspect of "the poem" grabbed you as an art form? Kate Durbin: I can think of two instances in which poetry grabbed me by the throat and wouldn't let go. One...
2013 Contest: An Interview with Fiction Judge Brian Evenson
Interview by JAKE KINSTLER Black Warrior Review: Both Fugue State and your new book Windeye are self-contained and complete works interested in (it seems to me) how story collections can function as a singular artistic work. In Fugue State, there are repeated themes...
A Summer Sale To Remember
Hold on to your literary pants (or laptop), BWR is having a summer sale. Most of our back issues are now online for only $5, and for those of you who love to live life on the edge--we’re talkin’ to you poets!--we have a $20 10-issue grab bag. We won’t tell you what...
Review: VENTIFACTS by Christine Hume
Ventifacts Christine Hume 2012 Omnidawn Publishing 54 pages Review by LAURA KOCHMAN Ventifacts moves much the way that wind does—invisibly, winding around and across the borders of various subjects, making itself known through the physical evidence left behind:...
Contest Now Open!
Ninth-Annual Contest Now Open All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2013. We’re honored to have as our guest judges: Kate Durbin (Poetry) Brian Evenson (Fiction/Prose) Jenny Boully (Nonfiction) Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and...
Review: MANHATER by Danielle Pafunda
Manhater is a book in three sections. One could argue that these sections are distinct, each with its own speaker inhabiting a unique, post-human world. However, the more I read, the more I began to view Manhater as an account of Mommy V’s evolution…