Black Warrior Review

Review: LIGHT INTO BODIES by Nancy Chen Long

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 28, 2017 | Reviews

Light Into Bodies Nancy Chen Long 2017 University of Tampa Press 108 pages Review by SARAH LANDRY “Light Into Bodies,” Nancy Chen Long’s debut full-length poetry collection, rests at the crux of occurrence and intention, of panicked flight and calculated design....

Review: THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RISE LIKE THE WATERS UPON YOUR SHORE: A STORY OF AMERICAN RAGE by Jared Yates Sexton

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 6, 2017 | Reviews

The People Are Going To Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage Jared Yates Sexton 2017 Counterpoint 320 pages Review by CONNOR TOWNE O’NEILL On June 14, 2016, Jared Yates Sexton drove the five hours from his home in southeast Georgia to...

HER EXHIBIT IS CURATED by Lindsey Drager

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 5, 2017 | Feature, Fiction Print

I’m taken by the haunting peculiarity built into the atmosphere in Drager’s work alongside prose that registers as so sharp and deeply felt, in this story and her most recent novel, The Lost Daughter Collective. Inviting a conversation about who gets to...

Contest Deadline Extended to September 8

by Black Warrior Review | Aug 29, 2017 | News

Black Warrior Review has extended the deadline to submit to our 2017 contests in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The new extended deadline is September 8. A winner in each genre receives $1,000 and publication in issue 44.2, due out in spring/summer 2018. One...

One Week Left to Submit to BWR’s 2017 Contest!

by Black Warrior Review | Aug 24, 2017 | News

Make haste, y’all! Black Warrior Review is now accepting entries for our 2017 contests in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and the deadline to submit is September 1st. A winner in each genre receives $1,000 and publication in issue 44.2, due out in spring/summer...