Staff Writes

Dispatches from the Blue Mesa Review Crew

Roadrunner and text that reads "Best of Net"

2027 Best of the Net Nominees

Congratulations and best of luck to our 2027 Best of the Net Nominees! "Spitfire" by Casey Reiland "Her English" by Jose Oseguera "Horse Girl" by Kaila Lancaster

Sep 18, 2026

Freedom of the Landscape: A Review of Delusions and Grandeur

by Drew Sowers

Sep 13, 2026

Introducing: Fiction Editor Alissa Kuster

by Alissa Kuster

Jun 26, 2026

Introducing: Nonfiction Editor Drew Sowers

Jun 26, 2026

by Drew Sowers

Introducing: Poetry Editor Hannah Janson

Jun 24, 2026

by Hannah Janson

Square maze on brown background

Introducing: Editor-in-Chief E.C. Gannon

Jun 21, 2026

by E.C. Gannon

Review of Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert by Sunaura Taylor

Apr 29, 2026

by Taylor Kirk

Review of Thank You, John by Michelle Gurule

Sep 22, 2025

by Candra Lowery

Scientific illustration of colorful rock layers with caption: "32. Vallies. V of Subsidence. V of Elevation. V. of Erosion. Gorge, or Ravine."

Introducing: Nonfiction Editor Candra Lowery

Aug 2, 2025

by Candra Lowery

Scientific illustration of colorful rock layers with caption: "27. Strata near Valenciennes."

Introducing: Poetry Editor Jas Colorado

Aug 2, 2025

by Jas Colorado

Scientific illustration of colorful rock layers with caption: "Epochs of Elevation 34."

Introducing: Fiction Editor E.C. Gannon

Aug 2, 2025

by E.C. Gannon

Picture of a bulldog with a handdrawn smiley face overlaid atop it.

We Can’t Lose Our Sense of Humor

Apr 21, 2025

By E.C. Gannon

The cover to "The Rules of Attraction" by Bret Easton Ellis.

The Beautiful Candor of The Rules of Attraction

Apr 8, 2025

By Elijah Ritch

First edition cover to Little House on the Prairie

The Libertarian Propaganda of the Little House Books

Apr 8, 2025

By Megan Osborn

Cover to the book "The Price of Salt"

The Price of Queer Ambition

Apr 8, 2025

By Renata Sophia

Daisy Atterbury's The Kármán Line

Review of The Kármán Line by Daisy Atterbury

Nov 13, 2024

by Victoriano Cárdenas

Book cover of Diavola, featuring a blurred Renaissance-style painting of a woman

Diavola: The Gothic Nature of Self-Discovery

Nov 3, 2024

by Stormy Stewart

Drawing of a cactus with two pink flowers blooming at the top.

Introducing: Co-Editors-in-Chief Amy Dotson and Gwyneth Henke

Oct 21, 2024

by Amy Dotson and Gwyneth Henke

Sketch with four leaves, three flowers, growing out of a serpent-like creature.

Introducing: Fiction Editor John Hardberger

Aug 22, 2024

by John Hardberger

Illustration page from Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).

Introducing: Poetry Editor Lucas Garcia

Aug 20, 2024

By Lucas Garcia

Two drawings of herbs from a 15th-century German herb guide.

Introducing: Nonfiction Editor Paris Baldante

Aug 7, 2024

by Paris Baldante

15th century art of an Italian herb.

Disgraced Fanfiction Writer to Bestselling Author: The Story of Cassandra Clare

Jun 1, 2024

Electra McNeil, BMR staff writer, tells the story of author Cassandra Clare.

19th century art of flora from a Roman Colosseum by Richard Deakin.

When Words Starve You: A book review of Melissa Broder’s Milkfed

May 12, 2024

Mia Casas, writer and BMR reader, reviews Melissa Broder’s novel, Milkfed for Staff Writes.

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