Black Warrior Review

Review: BOY WITH THORN by Rickey Laurentiis

by Black Warrior Review | Jun 6, 2016 | Archive, Reviews

Boy with Thorn Rickey Laurentiis 2015 University of Pittsburgh Press (Pitt Poetry Series) 104 pages Review by DIAMOND FORDE When questioned about writer’s block in an interview for a 2016 Poets & Writers publication, Rickey Laurentiis responded, “My obsessions...

2015 Contest: Fiction Runner-up FELLOWSHIP by Kimberly King Parsons

by Black Warrior Review | May 23, 2016 | Archive, Feature

Writing by Kimberly King Parsons has appeared or is forthcoming in New South, Gigantic, Fiction Southeast, Fanzine, Time Out New York, and elsewhere. Ploughshares recently featured her story “Fiddlebacks” in their column “The Best Short Story I Read...

2015 Contest: Poetry Runner-up WOLFMOON by Mary-Alice Daniel

by Black Warrior Review | May 9, 2016 | Archive, Feature

Click here to check out more 42.2 featured content. Mary-Alice Daniel was born in Northern Nigeria and raised in the suburbs of London and Nashville, TN. After attending Yale University, she received her MFA from the University of Michigan. Her adopted home is Los...

2015 Contest: An Interview with Poetry Winner Mark Baumer

by Black Warrior Review | May 2, 2016 | Archive, Interviews

Click here to check out more 42.2 featured content. Mark Baumer lives in Providence, RI. He works in a library. His website is thebaumer.com. Interview by RYAN BOLLENBACH Black Warrior Review: In one of the stanzas of your winning poem ‘b careful’ you write: “It feels...

Chapbook Review: ALL THE WATER ALL THE WAVES by Kallie Falandays

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 27, 2016 | Archive, Reviews

All the Water All the Waves Kallie Falandays 2015 dancing girl press Review by M. K. Foster “Last morning… “This morning… “Tomorrow… “Before… “When… “When… “When… —or so time is mythically marked and unmarked across the dangerously surreal landscape of Kallie...