Colorado Review

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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Agnes Lives!

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Agnes wants to die. But her suicidal impulse is not an indifferent, sleepy malaise; she...
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By Polly Atkin

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Interviews & Recordings

A Conversation with David Rompf

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

Jul 30, 2026
A Conversation with Aaron Kang Smithson

Associate editor Liz Ramirez talks to Aaron Kang Smithson about his essay, “Palimpsest,” featured in...

Jul 23, 2026
A Conversation with Alex Miller

Alex Miller discusses his story “We Who Sleep in the Dust of the Earth,” featured...

Jul 16, 2026

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