Cole Swensen talks nano-essays, mechanical pencils, development in the French countryside, and the soul with editorial assistant Jake Friedman. Cole Swensen is the author of nineteen books of poetry. A former Guggenheim fellow and winner of the National Poetry Series, recipient of the Iowa Poetry Prize, the San Francisco State Poetry Center Book Award, and […]
Kelly Luce talks makeshift workspaces, tricking oneself into writing via hourglass sand timers, and listening to a narrator’s voice with social media manager, Nicole Pagliari Kelly Luce is the author of the story collection Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail and the novel Pull Me Under, a Book of the Month Club selection and one of Elle’s Best […]
A Warm Welcome to Felicia Zamora, Our Newest Poetry Editor! Colorado Review proudly welcomes Felicia Zamora as our fifth poetry editor! Zamora, previously CR‘s associate poetry editor, is the author of six poetry collections, including I Always Carry My Bones, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize (2021) and the 2022 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry, and Body […]
Katherine Indermaur discusses hybridity, research, and the self With C. E. Janecek, CLP Managing Editor Katherine Indermaur is the author of I|I and two chapbooks, Facing the Mirror: An Essay (COAST|noCOAST, 2021) and Pulse (Ghost City Press, 2018). She is the winner of the Black Warrior Review 2019 Poetry Contest and the 2018 Academy of American Poets Prize, […]
In Conversation with Deepa Varadarajan Eliana Meyer Deepa Varadarajan lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children. She is a legal academic and a graduate of Yale Law School. She grew up in Texas and received her BA from the University of Texas at Austin. Her short fiction has appeared in The Georgia Review, and her […]
Into the Archives A National Poetry Month Digital Reading Listen in as we move through decades of poetry at Colorado Review in celebration of National Poetry Month! This June, social media manager and associate editor Alec Witthohn, delved into Colorado Review‘s archives to bring you eight exceptional poets from across the magazine’s history. Interns […]
In Conversation with Jonathan Gleason Anna Emerson Jonathan Gleason is a writer, teacher, and medical interpreter who recently completed his MFA in creative writing at the University of Iowa. Gleason writes about illness, medicine, the body, and his manuscript “Field Guide to Falling Ill,” was shortlisted for the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. His work […]
Why Unpublished Work Still Matters By Amy Gordon When I decided to pursue my MFA at Colorado State University, I jumped on the opportunity to intern with the Center for Literary Publishing and work on Colorado Review. Selfishly, I wanted to learn more about what went on behind the scenes at a literary journal. […]
Con(verse) Interview with C. L. Brenton: Talking motherhood and loss with assistant managing editor Lauren Furman Revised on 3/1/2023 An MFA graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, C. L. Brenton’s work bears witness to motherhood. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Colorado Review, Witness magazine, and A3 Review. She is fond of cats, chocolate chips in just about […]
In Conversation with Julie Marie Wade By Linnea Harris Julie Marie Wade is a poet, lyric essayist, memoirist, and an experimental/hybrid forms writer. She is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose, including Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures, winner of the Colgate University Press Nonfiction Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award […]