After reading BMR’s recent interview with Kristen-Paige Madonia, I started thinking about some of the young adult and children’s literature that I still cherish to this day. As Kristen-Paige said, there is something magical in young adult literature that is… Continue Reading
Here in New Mexico summer vacation has come to a crashing close. School started last week and we’re just settling into a new semester. In a moment of nostalgia, we put together a list of our favorite books from the… Continue Reading
Arna Bontemps Hemenway thinks about story a lot—even for a fiction writer. His collection Elegy on Kinderklavier, published by Sarabande Books earlier this year, examines narrative in surprisingly self-aware ways. The characters in his collection are unafraid to explore the stories… Continue Reading
This post is the fourth part in a series aimed at helping readers to more effectively identify books they will enjoy—that is, to invest their reading time wisely, and to reap all of the dividends accruing therefrom. The life of… Continue Reading
This post is the first part in a series aimed at helping readers to more effectively identify books they will enjoy—that is, to invest their reading time wisely, and to reap all of the dividends accruing therefrom. I decided… Continue Reading
I’m a writer. I was a writer. I will be a writer; I’m going to write again. I find myself saying some version of these sentences pretty often, especially because working on Blue Mesa Review means being surrounded by creative… Continue Reading
Today is the big day! June 1st – the opening of Blue Mesa Review’s Annual Writing Contest. Submit your best fiction and poetry all the way through August 31st. For more details, see the contest portion of our website.… Continue Reading
We are so happy to announce the judges for the 2014 Summer Contest in Fiction and Poetry. This year, the fiction judge will be Roxane Gay! Roxane Gay is the author of a novel, An Untamed State, which was published… Continue Reading
We had a great time at AWP in Seattle. See you next year Minneapolis! Here is a list of some of our favorite events: Ben Dolan | Editor-in-Chief: Image Journal‘s 25th Anniversary Reading I’d already heard poet Scott Cairns read… Continue Reading
Ben Dolan, Editor-in-Chief: Columbine by Dave Cullen Christina Glessner, Managing Editor: Kenyon Review‘s Winter 2014 Issue (Volume XXXVI, Number 1) Jill Dehnert, Associate Editor: Cutting Teeth by Julia Fierro (forthcoming in May, St. Martin’s Press) Sarah Sheesley,… Continue Reading