In our October episode, as part of our series looking behind the curtain at Colorado Review, podcast host Daniel Schonning interviews nonfiction editors Stephanie G’Schwind and Harrison Candelaria Fletcher. They discuss what brought G’Schwind and Fletcher to the craft, recent movements in the genre, and the three things our editors look for in nonfiction submissions […]
Our associate editor Michelle LaCrosse recently reached out to Bill, after reading several of his essays published in CR, to learn more about his writing style, favorite metaphors, influential teachers and published works, and more. Michelle LaCrosse: The fall 2019 issue of CR will include your essay “Roadmap.” How did the idea come to you? […]
By Colorado Review Associate Editor Jennifer Rojas I’ve lost more story ideas and inspiration written on small slips of paper, in random notebook margins, and on whatever came ready to my hand and pen than I have managed to save. I couldn’t find that one web page that had an image that prompted a really […]
In this month’s episode, podcast host Evan Senie interviews fiction editor Steven Schwartz and associate editor Esther Hayes. They discuss the components of compelling fiction, things that stand out to them when they read the submission queue, and the process by which a piece moves all the way to being accepted at Colorado Review. The […]
By Colorado Review Managing Editor Jess Turner 1. Winner of the 2018 Chapbook Prize, American Zero is forthcoming from Two Sylvias Press. What was it like for you to curate your poems into a bodied manuscript? How long did it take? What are the concerns at work in your chapbook? You never want to alienate […]
With Matthew Cooperman, Jess Turner, Margaret Browne, Jordan Osborne, Sarah Green & Susannah Lodge-Rigal Matthew Cooperman: What tendons us to language? What animal logic resides behind the alphabet? In our breathing respirations and guttural clearings, there’s a ghost language of pure sound. Pure sound, and the animal that makes it. Or pure sound and the […]
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie look ahead to two prize-winning pieces of writing forthcoming from the Center for Literary Publishing: Brandon Krieg’s Magnifier, winner of the 2019 Colorado Prize for Poetry, and Bryna Cofrin-Shaw’s Loss and Damage, winner of the 2019 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction. Listen here!
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie take a deep dive into the Summer 2019 edition of Colorado Review. Join us as we discuss work by Tali Perch, Melanie Ritzenthaler, Cedar Brant, Maggie Smith, and Chelsea Dingman. Listen here.
Colorado Review is pleased to publish Jhilam Chattaraj’s interview of poet, writer, and translator Kiriti Sengupta, winner of the 2018 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize. In this conversation, Sengupta refers specifically to his most recent poetry collection, Rituals. For more on Rituals, check out Colorado Review’s book review by Devika Basu. 1. Rituals is your tenth […]
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie take a deep dive into past editions of Colorado Review. Features include prose by Melanie Rae Thon, poems by C.D. Wright, Jean Valentine, and Charles Wright–and more! Listen here: Episode 47.
