2014 Contest: An Interview with Fiction Winner Michael Mau
Michael Mau’s short fiction has appeared in Mount Hope, Firewords Quarterly, Subtopian, Ferocious Quarterly, and other places. His story “Best Launderette” was selected by guest editor Pam Houston for the Fall 2014 edition of Fifth Wednesday Journal....
National Poetry Month: JACKET COPY FOR ‘THE COP FOLLOWED FRANK INTO THE DINER’ by Adam Atkinson
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. “Jacket Copy for The Cop Followed Frank Into...
Review: PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE by Atticus Lish
Preparation for the Next Life Atticus Lish 2014 Tyrant Books 418 pages Review by ELIZABETH MIKESCH This is what we should be reading right now. Most writers aren’t generous enough to generate books this clean or of heft. Books about what it means to be an American...
National Poetry Month: HOLIDAY by Wendy Xu
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. “I think what appealed to me the most about...