Joe Byrne, a graduate reader for BMR, sits down with Dan Darling, an alumnus of UNM’s MFA program and a former Production Editor at Blue Mesa Review. to discuss New Mexico, his process, and the challenges aspiring writers contend with… Continue Reading
Graduate reader, Vera Clyne, reflects on lesser celebrated holidays and taking her time. As the semester comes to an end and the holidays come into focus, we are all likely looking forward to a rest. Holiday traditionally means “a day… Continue Reading
Graduate reader, Gwyneth Henke takes us through five novels that have helped her when she’s struggling with writerly doubt. Every now and then, when I’m feeling absolutely bleak about my writing (Is any of this remotely good? Do I have… Continue Reading
One of BMR’s undergraduate readers, Danica Lee, examines elitist attitudes toward pulp fiction. Imagine you are in an airport, and you buy a book to read while you wait for your flight. You like the author and the cover seems… Continue Reading
BMR’s graduate reader, Emily Graves, reviews the rope: two poems by John Colburn. John Colburn is the kind of soft-spoken activist poet, teacher and publisher who makes community seemingly effortlessly, quietly creating opportunity and advocating for the work of the… Continue Reading
Our Creative Non Fiction Editor, Kyndall Benning, on what she’s looking for. I’m sitting in my studio apartment with my grey cat, Feathers. He sits quietly across my lap as I type, glancing nervously around each time the fireworks boom… Continue Reading
Our new Poetry Editor, Tyler Mortensen-Hayes, on awe, empathy, and change – elements of the poetry he’d like to publish in BMR. I am in awe. Every day I wake, it doesn’t take long to notice the light growing behind… Continue Reading
Our new Fiction Editor, Anthony Yarbrough, on what kind of writing he’s looking to publish. What makes good writing is, ironically, incredibly difficult to articulate. “You know it when you see it” only gets you so far, considering that what… Continue Reading
As a nonfiction writer, I oftentimes *dream* about my finished memoir, face-out in chain bookstores across the globe. Then I start thinking of the people who I’m writing into my work who will read said book, and I’m crushed by… Continue Reading
Storytelling is more than human tradition. It’s instinct. From oral creation stories of Native Americans, to cave-carvings of Egypt and Mesopotamia, to holy books and classic novels we’ve produced, even now with our digital media—laptops, phones, tablets—we can’t help but… Continue Reading