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44.1 Sneak Peek: ABSOLUTE ZERO AND ME by Ana Cristina Alvarez

by Black Warrior Review | Oct 30, 2017 | Feature, Fiction Print

Ana Cristina Alvarez received her MFA from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Her work has appeared in The Butter and Treehouse Magazine. She lives near Seattle, WA, close to many coffeehouses. Right-click and “open image in new tab” for a larger...

from A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOURS by Gro Dahle, translated by Rebecca Wadlinger

by Black Warrior Review | Oct 25, 2017 | Feature, Poetry Print

I find translation fascinating because of the way it allows writers engage with other writers’ work and, by extension, opens up so much room for the slippage and transformation of meaning for readers as well. There’s all these undercurrents and endless...

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...

From the Archives: fragments from RECONSOLIDATION by Janice Lee, 2012 Nonfiction Contest Winner

by Black Warrior Review | Jul 13, 2017 | Feature, Nonfiction Print

Click here for information about our 2017 contest. Janice Lee is the author of KEROTAKIS (Dog Horn Press, 2010), Daughter (Jaded Ibis, 2011), Damnation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2013), Reconsolidation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2015), and The Sky Isn’t Blue (Civil Coping...

2016 Contest: Nonfiction Runner-up THE FUTURE OF THE LYING BODY by Sarah Cook

by Black Warrior Review | Jun 26, 2017 | Archive, Feature

Click here for more information about our 2017 contest. Sarah Cook’s writing has appeared in Illuminati Girl Gang, Gaga Stigmata, The Feminist Wire, and elsewhere. Her latest chapbook, “Somewhere the / Shaking,” is newly out from above/ground...

2016 Contest: Poetry Runner-up HEAVEN MAKE ME A WARRIOR TO SLAY ALL THE BAD MAGIC by Lauren Eggert-Crowe

by Black Warrior Review | May 8, 2017 | Archive, Feature

Photo by Rachael Warecki. Lauren Eggert-Crowe is the author of four poetry chapbooks. Her work has also appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Horseless Review, DIAGRAM, Water-Stone Review, and Sixth Finch, among others. She serves on the leadership team for Women Who Submit,...