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Current Issue: Summer 2026

Colorado Review Summer 2026

Featuring

Pain Points

By David Rompf
Keepers

By Caylee Weintraub
a hubcap (gold)

By Trevor Ketner
A History of Looking

By Laura Grothaus
Other Lessons

By Lana Reeves
Por Siempre

By Jennifer Maritza McCauley

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The Return from Calvary

Poetry

By Mary Ann Samyn

“What if there isn’t any way to touch?” Mary Ann Samyn asks in The Return from...
Wrecks

Poetry

By Erin L. McCoy

Wrecks coils around extinction. The poems in Erin L. McCoy’s debut collection are rooted in...
Creature in Bloom

Poetry

By Rebekah Denison Hewitt

What this book cares about most: Creature in Bloom comes to focus through its tender...
Magdalena is Brighter Than You Think

Fiction

By Grace Spulak

There isn’t a hitch or bump on the road of immersion into Grace Spulak’s fictional...

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Dancing with Poets

Poetry

By Reed Turchi
$16.95 print, $13.95 ebook
Colorado Review Summer 2026

Literary Journal

By Stephanie G'Schwind, Editor
$12, $5 digital
Faithful Error

Poetry

By Sarah Louise Garrido
$16.95 print, $13.95 ebook

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Interviews & Recordings

A Conversation with Amit Majmudar

Amit Majmudar discusses his poetry in the Spring 2025 issue of Colorado Review with editorial...

Aug 20, 2026
A Conversation with Yvette DeChavez

Yvette DeChavez discusses “Two by Two,” her story featured in the Summer 2025 issue of...

Aug 06, 2026
A Conversation with David Rompf

Editorial Assistant Will Brooks talks with David Rompf about his essay, “Pain Points,” featured in...

Jul 30, 2026

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