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.

Painting of a desert mountain in the background and pink flowers in the foreground

Provocative Converged Precognitions
Jim Woodson

Art

Painting of a desert mountain in the background and pink flowers in the foreground

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“Provocative Converged Precognitions” by Jim Woodson

Colorful abstract painting

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“LOS ALAMOS” by Virgil Suárez

Painting of a black woman in the woods carrying a basket of red apples with a wolf behind her with a city burning the distance.

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“New Starts” by Amuri Morris

Painting of grassy English moors

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“In The Moors” by Sandra Slaughter

Black and white painting of two foxes

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“Eventide” by Maite Russell

Painting of blue spiral galaxy

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“Into the Wild Blue” by Samantha Edmonds

Multimedia art piece of maroon mesa with moon and star in the sky

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“Moon and Star” by Benjamin Green

A row of empty glass bottles on a window sill backlit by a sunset

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“Bottles at sunset” by Jim Ross

Abstract painting by Ellen June Wright

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“Abstract #5446” by Ellen June Wright

Photograph of deserted beach with lifeguard chair and blue sky

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“Blue Home” by Victor Jimenez

Sundog over cornfield and barn

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“Sundog over barn and cornfield” by Jim Ross

Painting of three red and white anthurium flowers

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“3 anthuriums” by Liana Meyer

Issue 52
Fall 2025

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Letter from the Editor

By John Hardberger

Fiction

Painting of grassy English moors

Glen 2.0

By Brad Barkley

Black and white painting of two foxes

Night Walks

By James Lex

Abstract painting by Ellen June Wright

Spitfire

By Casey Reiland

Poetry

Painting of three red and white anthurium flowers

Her English

By Jose Oseguera

Photograph of deserted beach with lifeguard chair and blue sky

Out of the Shade

By Meghan Sterling

Painting of a black woman in the woods carrying a basket of red apples with a wolf behind her with a city burning the distance.

monarchs

By Ivy Raff

Multimedia art piece of maroon mesa with moon and star in the sky

arroyos

By Marika Guthrie

Nonfiction

A row of empty glass bottles on a window sill backlit by a sunset

Gone

By Jeffrey-Michael Kane

Painting of blue spiral galaxy

Amerikanka

By Patricia Maciesz

Sundog over cornfield and barn

Horse Girl

By Kaila Lancaster

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Fiction

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Poetry

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Nonfiction