Staff Writes
Dispatches from the Blue Mesa Review Crew
Review of Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert by Sunaura Taylor
“I remember my mother saying that when she was pregnant with me, she would blow bubbles in our small backyard pool to help my sister learn to swim. ‘You were born disabled,’ she would tell me, ‘because the military put bad chemicals in that water.’ For years, as a...
Review of Thank You, John by Michelle Gurule
"If I wanted a different life for myself, if I wanted financial security, or if I ever wanted to own a home, or retire, or even easily afford my existence in the world, then I would need a miracle. John, and the opportunity he presented to sell my body to him, was...
Introducing: Co-Editors-in-Chief Amy Dotson and Gwyneth Henke
by Amy Dotson and Gwyneth Henke
Disgraced Fanfiction Writer to Bestselling Author: The Story of Cassandra Clare
Electra McNeil, BMR staff writer, tells the story of author Cassandra Clare.
When Words Starve You: A book review of Melissa Broder’s Milkfed
Mia Casas, writer and BMR reader, reviews Melissa Broder’s novel, Milkfed for Staff Writes.
Memory, Movement, and Tumbleweeds
Paris Baldante, graduate reader and staff writer for BMR, wonders about wandering.
Hidden Gems: My Favorite Writing Locations in Albuquerque
BMR’s undergraduate reader, Emilia Madrid, explores the options for local writers who are in need of a new location in Albuquerque to help overcome writer’s block.