Interview with José Skinner
The whole idea behind imaginative writing is to appropriate experiences other than your own. The important question is how you do it.
Trauma in Contemporary Short Stories
by Angela Mergentime, Colorado Review Associate Editor As a graduate student pursuing a master’s in English Literature, I have to shift my literary gears each time I read submissions for Colorado Review. I’ve lately been spending a lot of time reading historical and theoretical material for my master’s project—in addition to my ongoing habit of […]
My Nemesis, the Television
Before I moved to Colorado, I considered leaving my television behind. I wanted to break my sense of continuity, throw a wrench in the cyclical nature of routine, and the TV was an obvious source of time-suck, a passive activity that conflicted with my creative pursuits, specifically writing.
Colorado Review Podcast: October Episode
Join Colorado Review’s podcast editor Kylan Rice, editor Stephanie G’Schwind, and Alex Morrison as they read and discuss “Namesake,” an essay by Mason Stokes from the Fall 2015 issue. Listen to the podcast here! (Episode 9)
Interview with Craig Santos Perez
To me, voice is an important element of docupoetics. Voice insists on the personal and the human within historical, political, cultural, and everyday documents and/or the documentation the past and the present.
Subscribe, Submit, Share: How to Support the Literary Journals You Love
Writing would be even more solitary a pursuit without the exposure to new voices and ideas that literary journals offer up to us. By supporting these places, you’re keeping our writing community a vibrant one.
What We Write About When We Have Writer’s Block
by Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri, Colorado Review Editorial Assistant Writer’s block. These are two words that any writer dreads, especially in an MFA program, a place where time is not a luxury and where we’re always aware that we’re part of a select few. It creeps upon us like a shadow, lingering for the longest periods of […]
Colorado Review Podcast: September Episode
Join Colorado Review’s podcast editor Kylan Rice, poetry editor Camille Dungy, and managing editor Cedar Brant as they read and discuss poetry by Hala Alyan, Brandon Kreitler, and Roger Reeves from the Summer 2015 issue. Listen to the podcast here! (Episode 8)
Colorado Review Podcast: May Episode
Join Colorado Review’s podcast editor Kylan Rice, editor Stephanie G’Schwind, and associate editor Anitra Ingham as they read and discuss the story “Animal Lovers” by Angela Mitchell. Listen to the podcast here: Episode 7
On the Road, in the Kitchen, in the Wild: Audio Books Are Sometimes Ideal
by Stewart Moore, Colorado Review editorial assistant I have several friends who say they love driving long distances. They relish the opportunity to burn down the highway, see the landscape change before their eyes, and jam out to five hours of music. I, however, hate driving. Not only because I can’t sit still for more […]