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Blue Mesa Review is the literary magazine of the University of New Mexico MFA Program in Creative Writing

We seek to publish outstanding and innovative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, along with compelling interviews.

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Cubist-style painting of a woman and a figure in oranges and blues.

Comfort
JC Henderson

Art

Photograph of a highway cutting in a curve through the side of a mountain.

Rodden, US-84

“US-84” by Andrew Rodden

Wright, Watercolor Abstract 5944

“Watercolor Abstract 5944” by Ellen June Wright

Photograph of a grey square inset in a pale peach wall

Max-Cavitch_Tela_127_Venice

“Tela 127” by Max Cavitch

Abstract watercolor painting with pinks, golds, blues, and greens.

Wright, Watercolor Abstract 5944

Photograph of Shiprock in New Mexico against a blue sky with clouds

Rodden, Shiprock

“Shiprock” by Andrew Rodden

Photograph of a zoomed-in face, blurry, with red highlights

Bongo, Betty_Near_the_Moulin_Rouge

“Betty Near the Moulin Rouge” by Nadia Bongo

Photograph of four horses in the desert, one facing the camera

Dondero, Horse With No Name

“Horse With No Name” by Hannah Dondero

Painting, semi-abstract, of a cloudy grey sky above purplish mountains

Yatchman_Cynthia_LandscapeD

“Landscape D” by Cynthia Yatchman

Photograph of an orange wall with white paint and waterstains running down

Max-Cavitch_Tela_99_Venice

“Tela 99” by Max Cavitch

Photograph of radio towers against an oranges sky

Martinez, Reconnecting

“Reconnecting” by Eddie Martinez

painting of a ranch house in the desert

Whitney, Ceiling Fan

“Ceiling Fan” by Tim Whitney

Issue 50
Fall 2024

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