Reva Speaks a New Dialect by Shastri Akella BWR 2024 Fiction Contest Runner-up Reva doesn’t get a bridal welcome: she hears neither shehnai nor danka when her palanquin is lowered in front of her husband’s house, and when she steps out, in place of a group of women...
INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW MASTHEAD: MEET THE 2025 BWR EDITORS! Every year, the BWR masthead changes hands. To give our readers and contributors a chance to get to know us a little better, each new editorial team completes an annual interview for our website. We submit...
“erring on the end of overflowing beauty”: A Discussion with Chigozie Obioma, Author of The Road to the Country Chigozie Obioma was born in Akure, Nigeria. His two novels, The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019) were shortlisted for The...
50.2 Feature: “Forks of Buffalo” by 2023 Fiction Contest Winner, Ron MacLean Ron MacLean is the author of the story collections We Might as Well Light Something On Fire and Why the Long Face? and the novels Blue Winnetka Skies and Headlong, winner of the...
INTERVIEW WITH A MASTHEAD: MEET THE 2024 BWR EDITORS Every year, the BWR masthead changes hands. To give our readers and contributors a chance to get to know us a little better, each new editorial team completes an annual interview for our website. We submit questions...
