It’s no secret that the number of small-independent poetry presses is on the rise. The value is two-fold: the odds of a poet getting a collection published have greatly increased and poetry is getting more exposure in the non-poetry… Continue Reading
Full disclosure: Nick DePascal is a recent graduate of the University of New Mexico’s creative writing MFA, through which the Blue Mesa Review is also produced. That being said, if you look for his debut collection of poetry Before You… Continue Reading
It’s not often I pick up a book of poetry and discover it’s a page-turner; poetry is enlivening, strange, wild, challenging, and often beautiful, but it doesn’t always compel me to move from one page to the next the way… Continue Reading
A couple of weeks ago Book Riot posted a blog full of their favorite sentences. Inspired by their post, we decided to put together our favorite lines of poetry. These are lines that woke us up, rolled around in our heads, and… Continue Reading
In honor of National Poetry Month, here’s a list of eight up and coming poets whose careers will surely be worth following. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to check out the works of these talented poets: Beth Bachmann’s… Continue Reading
Alan Shapiro’s book of poetry, Night of the Republic (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), offers the reader a bleak view into a moonlit territory of despair, but without succumbing to the pitfalls of melancholy, self-pity, or maudlin navel-gazing. It’s fueled with wit… Continue Reading
10 Questions for Michael Dickman *Originally published for Blue Mesa Review Issue 24.5 | Spring 2012 Interview by Nora Hickey When Michael Dickman read recently at Muse Times Two, a poetry series in Santa Fe, he held a room… 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.
The staff at Blue Mesa Review would like to extend a warm congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Lena Todd Awards for Excellence in Creative Writing, sponsored by UNM’s Creative Writing program! In poetry, Reina Archuleta received first place… Continue Reading
Many congratulations to Issue 25 contributor Mary Beth Ferda, whose poem “Dinah at Watch” was chosen by poet Marilyn Kallet to be included in the 2012 Best of the Net Anthology! It will be reprinted along with twenty other poems and… Continue Reading