Coming Soon: Issue 83, Writing the Anthropocene

We're wrapping up the details on our latest issue, and we can't wait for you to see it this fall! In the meantime, here's a quick peek at what you can expect from issue 83, which features a special focus section on Writing the Antropocene. If you don't have a subscription yet, you can subscribe …

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Fall Reading Period Opens Friday (August 1)!

Our fall reading period opens Friday, August 1, and we're looking for your best fiction and poetry. Please remember that we won't be reading creative nonfiction during this reading period, and we never publish reviews of creative work. Please remember that the minnesota review has a new submission system! We will be accepting creative writing …

Contributor Update: Susan Meyers

Susan Meyers' "Waiting Room," excerpted below, first appeared in issue 63/64 (Spring/Summer 2005) of the minnesota review. Since then, Meyers received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Composition and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona. She also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota, and she is currently an Assistant …

Fall Reading Period Opens August 1!

Our fall reading period opens August 1, and we're looking for your best fiction and poetry. Please remember that we won't be reading creative nonfiction during this reading period, and we never publish reviews of creative work. We will be accepting creative writing submissions via our new online submission system. Critical authors may still send …

Issue 82 Now Available on Project Muse!

Our current issue (82), is now available through Project Muse, and you can also access the issue via Duke University Press. Click on one of the links to check out the following creative and critical pieces featured in our latest issue! Creative Work from: H. L. Hix Jonathan Veach Corey Miller Nick Lantz Ed Skoog …

Sneak Peek: Issue 83, Writing the Anthropocene

We're wrapping up the details on our latest issue, and we can't wait for you to see it this fall! In the meantime, here's a quick peek at what you can expect from issue 83, which features a special focus section on Writing the Antropocene. If you don't have a subscription yet, you can subscribe …

Contributor Update: Jessica D. Hand

Jessica D. Hand's "Blind Gods, Human Braille," excerpted below,  first appeared in issue 69 (fall/ winter 2007) of the minnesota review. Since then, Hand's work has been published in Redactions, The Cortland Review, and Barrow Street, among others. She won first place in the Agnes Scott Poetry Competition in 2011, judged by Arda Collins, and …

Issue 82 Out Now!

We're excited to bring you our latest issue, available online now through Duke University Press! If you don't have a subscription yet, you can subscribe here to make sure you won't miss: Creative Work from: H. L. Hix Jonathan Veach Corey Miller Nick Lantz Ed Skoog Edmund Sandoval Whittney Jones Joe Wilkins Jay Udall Brent …

[Call for Papers] Special Issue: Katrina- A Decade After

the minnesota review invites submissions for a Special Issue on “Katrina – A Decade After” to be guest edited by Gaurav Desai (English/African and African Diaspora Studies, Tulane University). Our aim is to reflect on the hurricane, the measures that could have been taken to prevent the massive devastation caused by it, and the immediate …

Contributor Update: Sam J. Miller

Sam J. Miller's "Operation Skunk," excerpted below, first appeared in Issue 70 (2008) of the minnesota review. Since its publication, Miller has also released Horror After 9/11 (2011), a critical anthology co-edited with Aviva Briefel, along with pieces in The Rumpus, Slice Magazine, Arts and Letters, Strange Horizons, and Electric Velocipede. Miller also has work …

[From the Archives] The Wiggle Room of Theory: An Interview with Samuel Delany

"The Wiggle Room of Theory: An Interview with Samuel Delany," excerpted below, first appeared in issue 65-66 (2006) of the minnesota review. This interview was conducted in writing between September 19 and October 4, 2005 by Josh Lukin, a Lecturer in English at Temple University. You can read the full interview via our online archive, …

Spring Reading Period Closes April 1!

Our spring reading period closes Tuesday, April 1, so be sure to send us your best poetry and fiction! Please remember that we won't be reading creative nonfiction during this reading period, and we never publish reviews of creative work. We will be accepting creative writing submissions via our new online submission system. Critical authors …

Issue 82 Coming Soon!

We're excited to bring you our latest issue, due out next month! In the meantime, here's a quick glance of what you can expect from issue 82. If you don't have a subscription yet, you can subscribe here to make sure you won't miss: Creative Work from: H. L. Hix Jonathan Veach Corey Miller Nick …

[Call for Papers] Special Issue: Katrina- A Decade After

the minnesota review invites submissions for a Special Issue on “Katrina – A Decade After” to be guest edited by Gaurav Desai (English/African and African Diaspora Studies, Tulane University). Our aim is to reflect on the hurricane, the measures that could have been taken to prevent the massive devastation caused by it, and the immediate …

See you at AWP!

We're getting excited for this year's AWP conference in Seattle, February 26-March 1! We'll have a table at the bookfair, so stop by and check it out. You'll be able to look through display copies of our recent issues, meet some of our staff (including our creative writing editors!), and we'll have subscription information and …

Pushcart Prize Nominee: Erin Pringle-Toungate

the minnesota review is pleased to feature each of our nominees for the 2013 Pushcart Prize in recent weeks.  This week we are excited to bring you an excerpt from Erin Pringle-Toungate's "How the Sun Burns Among Hills of Rock and Pebble," which wraps up our 2013 nominees. Congratulations to all our Pushcart Prize nominees! …

Pushcart Prize Nominee: Bradley Harrison

the minnesota review is pleased to feature each of our nominees for the 2013 Pushcart Prize in the coming weeks.  This week we are excited to bring you Bradley Harrison's "Miniature Horse." Please check back next week for more on our nominees and their work. Miniature Horse Gorilla man choked my brother in the pantry. …

Pushcart Prize Nominee: Sara Novic

the minnesota review is pleased to feature each of our nominees for the 2013 Pushcart Prize in the coming weeks.  This week we are excited to bring you an excerpt from Sara Novic's "On Late-Stage Pediatric Cariomyopathy." Please check back next week for more on our nominees and their work. On Late-Stage Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Should …

Pushcart Prize Nominee: Thomas Hawks

the minnesota review is pleased to feature each of our nominees for the 2013 Pushcart Prize in the coming weeks.  This week we are excited to bring you Thomas Hawks' "Oysters for Breakfast." Please check back next week for more on our nominees and their work. Oysters for Breakfast Spent fuel rods dream in their …

Interview with Stevie Edwards of Muzzle Magazine, Part 2 of 2

Part two of an interview with Stevie Edwards of Muzzle Magazine. How do you think Muzzle is conversation with, situated against, or challenges prevailing aesthetics in publishing right now? While there certainly is no national shortage of online and print poetry journals, small presses focused upon poetry, and poetry readings, there does seem to be …