Nonfiction

“[A]t the intersection of many roads and seas”: An Interview with Rajiv Mohabir

by Samantha Bolf | Jun 26, 2024 | Contest, Interviews, News

“[A]t the intersection of many roads and seas”: An Interview with Rajiv Mohabir Poet, memoirist, and translator, Rajiv Mohabir is the author of four books of poetry including Whale Aria (Four Way Books 2023) and Cutlish (Four Way Books 2021) which was a...

“I wrote a weird, little guy essay”: Sophie Ezzell on Creative Nonfiction, Nostalgia, and Prioritizing Kindness in Art

by Samantha Bolf | May 26, 2024 | Contributor Updates, Digital Archive, Feature, Interviews, News, Nonfiction Print

“I wrote a weird, little guy essay”: Sophie Ezzell on Creative Nonfiction, Nostalgia, and Prioritizing Kindness in Art Sophie Ezzell is a queer Urban Appalachian writer. Her nonfiction has been nominated for multiple Pushcarts and has appeared or is...

Interview with a Masthead: Meet the New BWR Editors

by Samantha Bolf | Jan 2, 2024 | Archive, Feature

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...

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...