Illustrations and narrative: the perfect reading combo beside the pool or under a shade tree during the lazy days of summer. We enjoyed them when we were kids (who doesn’t still love Dr. Seuss?), and the graphic novel is the… Continue Reading
Jill Dehnert | Outgoing Editor in Chief Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff I love Groff’s work and have been looking forward to this new book since I first heard it was coming. Sarah Sheesley | Outgoing Managing Editor Leaving… Continue Reading
We are excited to announce the 2015 Blue Mesa Review Summer Contest judges! Also, we are adding Nonfiction to the contest this year! Get those poems, stories, and essays ready summer contest seekers, because we want to publish you! And… Continue Reading
All we do over here at Blue Mesa Review is read. This is a side effect of being in an MFA program, which we all are, and running a literary magazine, which we all do. Luckily, we love reading. And… Continue Reading
Like most people who have somehow found themselves suspended in the ether of Albuquerque, New Mexico, I am wondering just exactly how it is that I have come to this place, what events in my life have led me here.… Continue Reading
Are you on Twitter? If you’re a writer you should be. I know everyone tells you this all the time, but they’re right. Social media is not just a tool for the procrastinators among us (though, for the most part,… Continue Reading
Summer has hit Albuquerque and it feels like a punch in the stomach. The weather reads 99 degrees today, 100 degrees tomorrow, 101 degrees on Friday. You’ll most likely find me lying face down in my “home office” located in… Continue Reading
It’s sometimes disappointing to see someone you admire in person. They might be cold, snobby, or far shorter than you imagined. At her reading at Bookworks here in Albuquerque, Emily Rapp was none of these things. She was funny, kind,… Continue Reading
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
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