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.
Issue 53
Spring 2026
Letter from the Editor
By John Hardberger
Fiction
Earthskin
By Hana Rehman
The Velvet Chair
By Nina Schuyler
Poetry
Letter to You About Home as a Song on Our Bodies
By Lindsay Wilson
Grocery Run for Grandpa
By Victor Mendeville
Borrowed Saints
By Windy Martinez
Nonfiction
Illumination: An Essay in Two Acts
By Jackie Martin
Swamp Heart
By Samantha Edmonds
The Cry of the Cicada
By Jeffrey J. Higa












