You will learn that Percival Everett’s favorite word is No. You will learn that the gizmo used to castrate a horse is called – somewhat appropriately – an emasculator. You will learn the importance of reading forklift manuals. You will learn that Percival Everett doesn’t believe in the ‘craft’ of writing. You will learn about … Continue reading Things You Will Learn From Spending A Day With Percival Everett
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The Best Books We Read in 2013: Fiction Roundup
TMR's fiction readers have a few recommendations up our sleeves—here are the best books we read in the last year. Amy L.'s pick: The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco, 2013) I've been hyping Susan Steinberg's Spectacle a lot this year, but as much as I love that collection, I can't earnestly call it my "favorite." In sort of … Continue reading The Best Books We Read in 2013: Fiction Roundup
Meet Your Editor
Name: Jeff HaynesPosition: Editor-in-ChiefGenre: I'm a poet, dawg.Turn-ons (Literary): I like poems that are verbose and in-your-face. I like poems that push boundaries. I like poems that aren't scared to defy our poetic expectations. I like poems that never wave a white flag of surrender—poems that aren't afraid to fail. Contemporary, contemporary, contemporary is my … Continue reading Meet Your Editor
Recently Read This and Loved it all the Way – Carrie Nelson
George Ella Lyon is a celebrated southern writer whose work includes everything from children’s books to memoirs to plays. She is, however, first and foremost, a poet which means her job is to “see and sing the connection between things.” Her collection Catalpa won her the Appalachian Book of the Year Award, and last year … Continue reading Recently Read This and Loved it all the Way – Carrie Nelson
What I Like to Read – Will Bebout
Hello, Everyone! My name is Will Bebout, and I am one of the Editors of The Minnesota Review. I must admit, I’m very new to the editorial gig, but I thought I’d let my mind wander a bit about the things I’ve read before and what I’ve liked about them. As a brand new editor, I’m … Continue reading What I Like to Read – Will Bebout
A Call for Submissions
Editors Joe Hiland and Michael Mlekoday recently distinguished work they would consider publishing in Indiana Review from work that just isn’t quite right for them. Rarely does an editorial staff pull back the green curtain and show us the Wizard’s working pieces, so to speak. In an effort to offer transparency to our submitters, my … Continue reading A Call for Submissions
An Interview with Mike Dockins
Mike Dockins was born in 1972 and grew up in Yonkers, New York. He holds a BS from SUNY Brockport (1999), an MFA from UMass Amherst (2002), and a Ph.D. from Georgia State (2010). His poems have appeared in Crazyhorse, The Gettysburg Review, Quarterly West, Indiana Review, PANK, and in the 2007 edition of The … Continue reading An Interview with Mike Dockins
A Short History of The Minnesota Review
What some people may not know about The Minnesota Review is that it isn’t located in Minnesota. In fact, it hasn’t been there for about forty years, and it’s been all over the country since then. Why is it that the magazine can’t seem to stay put in one place?
The Minnesota Review 