Horror Poetry, Women, and a Pittsburgh Mini-Haunting
As the writer holding power, women might offer alternative representations of women within the actual content or use their power to communicate their powerlessness.
Colorado Review Has Left the Building . . . and Is in the House
After more than twenty years of being headquartered in Aylesworth Hall, the Center for Literary Publishing has moved across the Colorado State University campus and into the Tiley House,
June 2018 Podcast: Benjamin Soileau’s “Boosh Bourgeois”
In our June episode, podcast editor Meghan Pipe is joined by incoming podcast editor Evan Senie, who will read an excerpt from Benjamin Soileau’s “Boosh Bourgeois.” The story appears in the upcoming Summer 2018 issue of Colorado Review. Then, they’ll be joined by Soileau via phone to chat about the story and Soileau’s work. Listen […]
May 2018 Podcast: Jennifer Itell’s “Moonwalk”
In our May episode, podcast editor Meghan Pipe dives into the archives to read Jennifer Itell’s essay “Moonwalk” from the Fall/Winter 2017 issue. Listen to the podcast here: Episode 36. Become a subscriber to the Colorado Review podcast! Just search “Colorado Review” in the iTunes store or follow this link.
The Intersection of Writing and Therapy: Joining Hand and Heart
The very act of writing and talking things through facilitates our ability to discover and articulate things we sometimes didn’t even know we knew, arrive at answers we didn’t know we had.
Some Essential Skills for Leaving the MFA
By Colorado Review Associate Editor David Mucklow The end of the MFA is an inevitably strange experience, full of sort of empty landmarks of finality: turning in your thesis, defending your thesis, writing your last paper, grading your last paper, attending your last class, having your thesis formally accepted by the graduate school (a task […]
NaNoWriMo Is Not a Neighborhood in New York
The best and most helpful thing for me was that NaNoWriMo had a well-established dedicated young adult page. There were workbooks, progress sheets, and suggestions for teachers. It was amazing. I went home the first day and rabbit-holed for hours.
April 2018 Podcast: A Pocket-Sized Poetry Episode
Our short and sweet April episode features poems from the pages of Colorado Review, each chosen and read by a staff member of the journal. Listen to the podcast for poems by Shauna Barbosa, Ansley Clark, Paige Lewis, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, and Isaac Ginsberg Miller: Episode 35. Become a subscriber to the Colorado Review podcast! Just […]
The Value of Belonging to a Creative Community
The MFA at CSU is particularly unique in its breadth of such community events….
On Poets New to Poetry
In poetry, the ideas that exceed us are like yeast in dough—gritty bits that irritate, germinate, and give the product its full flesh.