Founder of Blue Mesa Review, Rudolfo Anaya, is among a select few who will receive a 2015 National Humanities Medal tomorrow, awarded by none other than President Obama. The BMR staff congratulates Rudolfo on this well-deserved acknowledgment of his hard… Continue Reading
The allure of memoir is that it’s part voyeurism and part cheerleader. The reader is fascinated with the writer’s journey through the seemingly un-navigable; trusting, of course, that the events of the memoir are related fairly and accurately along the… Continue Reading
The beginning of August will mark my first full year in Albuquerque. I’ve enjoyed working on my MFA and exploring this new city I live in. What I’ve seen so far is impressive—Albuquerque is culturally rich and very invested in… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: BMR Fiction Editor Katie Pelletier You don’t want to miss this, the last, Works In Progress for the 2012-2013 school year. We’ve heard some pretty incredible stuff so far, and it has been such an honor to listen,… Continue Reading
Christina Glessner is a 2nd year MFA student at the University of New Mexico, concentrating in fiction. She is Managing Editor elect for Blue Mesa Review. On April 11, 2013, I had the pleasure of watching Dan Mueller and Charles… Continue Reading
If you live in or around ABQ you don’t want to miss this second to last WIP of the year! Our brilliant Poetry Editor, Bonnie Arning will read from her deeply moving poetry manuscript The Black Acres, alongside our stunning Nonfiction… Continue Reading
Natalie Diaz has some experience in attracting a crowd. She used to travel Europe and Asia as a pro-basketball player before returning to the states to pursue an MFA in poetry and fiction.
It’s sometimes disappointing to see someone you admire in person. They might be cold, snobby, or far shorter than you imagined. At her reading at Bookworks here in Albuquerque, Emily Rapp was none of these things. She was funny, kind,… Continue Reading
On Wednesday November 14th, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., much lauded author Sherman Alexie returns to Albuquerque for a reading at UNM’s Woodward Hall in promotion of his new book, Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories. The reading is FREE and open to… Continue Reading
Ben Dolan is Blue Mesa Review’s Nonfiction Co-Editor, and a second year MFA student at UNM in Creative Nonfiction. I’ll start this entry by demanding you read fiction writer Kevin McIlvoy’s story, “The Last Things We Said,” published in Keyon… Continue Reading