We just received our lovely copy of contributor Dawn Lonsinger’s Whelm, which won the Idaho Prize for Poetry Prize in 2012 (selected by Nance Van Winckel). Dawn writes that “Whelm is part wildness and part witness, part love song and part lament, an elegy to former times and selves that admits fear of a future where humanity, …
Nicola Mason: For the last couple of months I’ve been attempting to approach the difficult task of informing our far-flung contributors, readers, and friends about the death of Don Bogen’s wife, Cathryn Long, from inflammatory breast cancer. She passed just before Thanksgiving, and needless to say, inhabiting the world feels vastly different now that Cathryn’s …
Sara Watson: As an animal lover, I was immediately drawn to the subject of Daneen Bergland’s “Animals Invaluable to Epidemiologists for Tracking the Spread of Disease Will Appear to Us as Angels.” This poem not only considers our relationship with animals, but even offers them an autonomous dream life. The speaker in this poem is …
We’ve received some delightful news from contributor Katherine Bode-Lang, who just learned her poetry manuscript “The Reformation” has been awarded the 2014 APR/Honickman First Book Prize. All three of the poems published in our pages are included in the collection, which will be available for purchase in September. The selection was made by Stephen Dunn. …
Brian Trapp: I’m currently writing a novel, which has not proved helpful for my mental health. I’m beset with the usual first-draft questions: How many narrators? One? Three? How much time will the narrative cover? One month? One year? Ten? To keep from quitting forever and taking up a more forgiving occupation (Bomb defuser? Smoke …
Join us at Unicorn, everyone, for this oh-so-special AWP Thursday. Our lineup thus far: in poetry Chelsea Wagenaar, Mark Wagenaar, and Jehanne Dubrow; in fiction, Ian Stansel and Colin Winnette. Listen in bliss while scarfing fried ginger and jalapeno pork balls and guzzling drinks called the Shay Shay Mar Mar and the Gavin MacLeod. Something …
We here in the CR office are all, in a word, short. Brian Trapp, the giant among us, tops out at three foot eight. Needless to say, we rely pretty heavily on Photoshop when posting images of ourselves. But in the spirit of those reveals where celebs appear proudly in unretouched-up photos without makeup, we …
Hey prospective subscribers or gifters of CR: we’re closing the office for the break on Thursday, so if you want an issue sent to your nearest and dearest sooner rather than later, hit our website in the next 48ish hours.
Hey, everybody, spread the word: We are actively seeking a talented illustrator for our graphic-play initiative. As followers of our blog already know, we are adapting Australian playwright Declan Greene’s Moth into a graphic novella as part of our tenth-anniversary celebration. Of course, a big part of the project is finding the right collaborator to work …
There’s a reason we can’t stop hyping our anniversary year: We’re super excited about it! Get in on the celebration by purchasing a subscription for a loved one this holiday. For just $15, you can provide your bbff (best bookish friend forever) with a year-long supply of surprise and delight, including poems, stories, reviews, visual …
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