A Message from the Incoming Editor-in-Chief

By Steven D. Howe As an MFA affiliated magazine, the Blue Mesa Review editorial staff changes with the academic year. This change is part necessity, due to graduations and new writers joining the program, and part choice to encourage new… Continue Reading

Xylotheque: Essays by BMR Contributor Yelizaveta P. Renfro

Yelizaveta Renfro’s essay, “Lithodendron,” was published in BMR No. 25. We are thrilled to announce that her book of essays, Xylotheque, which includes “Lithodendron,” will be out next month from UNM Press and is currently out on Kindle and Nook. We… Continue Reading

2013: Year In Reading

All of our editors have put together a list of their favorite reads of 2013. Some are new, some old, some obscure, others classics that were revisited. We love end of year lists, and here is ours. Here’s to a… Continue Reading

“Because this happened to me. That’s not enough.” – Five Questions for Justin St. Germain

Blue Mesa Review: What book or books made you realize you wanted to write? Justin St. Germain: I don’t think I ever had a specific moment in which I realized I wanted to write. As a kid, I read a lot of… Continue Reading