Monthly readings and discussions of poetry and prose published in Colorado Review.
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 Adrian Lürssen By C Culbertson In this audio installment of Con(verse), CR‘s recurring interview series, C Culbertson sits down with Colorado Prize for Poetry winner Adrian Lürssen to discuss his book, Human Is to Wander. Lürssen reads a few poems from the collection and talks about his inspiration for the work, the […]
In part two of Colorado Review's May podcast, Podcast Host Lilia Shrayfer sits down with Colorado State University alum and former Colorado Review Podcast Editor Kylan Rice. Together, they talk about their experiences at AWP, writing and professionalization, and life after the MFA.
In this special segment, Colorado Review celebrates National Poetry Month with readings across our issues beginning with our first issue dating back to Winter 1956-57. During the last few weeks, interns have curated selections from Langston Hughes, Gillian Kiley, Denise Levertov, Lisa Fishman, Martha Ronk, Kevin Goodan, Charles Bukowski, and C.D. Wright.
In Conversation With Cynthia Parker-Ohene This month CLP editorial assistant Sara Hughes sits down with Cynthia Parker-Ohene to discuss her debut collection, Daughters of Harriet, part of the Mountain/West Poetry Series published by the Center for Literary Publishing. In a wide-ranging discussion, Cynthia and Sara talk about the legacy of Black women, namely Harriet […]
In this month's episode, Podcast Editor C Culbertson sits down with Leonora Simonovis, whose book Study of the Raft won the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry. In their conversation, C talks with Leonora about writing from multilingual backgrounds, the worlds we construct from childhood, memory, and place, as well as modes of writing poetry and what it […]
In this episode, Editor-in-Chief Stephanie G'Schwind interviews Lauren Haldeman about her work “Field #1,” from the graphic memoir Team Photograph. With this being Colorado Review's first piece of graphic memoir, Stephanie and Lauren discuss the intricacies of the genre. Lauren Haldeman was also the recipient of the 2017 Colorado Prize for Poetry with her collection Instead of […]
This month's episode features Matthew Gavin Frank, creative nonfiction writer, poet, and Professor of Creative Writing at Northern Michigan University. Host Lilia Shrayfer talks with Matthew about his latest book, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa. Listen in to hear this brilliant writer talk in […]
In this episode of the Colorado Review Podcast, host Lilia Shrayfer sits down with Danny Thiemann to discuss his story “One Bad Night in San José, Costa Rica,” forthcoming in the Colorado Review‘s Fall/Winter 2021 issue. This story was awarded the 2021 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction by final judge T. Geronimo Johnson. Thiemann […]
Please join Colorado Review associate editor Nicole Piasecki and writer Sarah Curtis for a discussion about Curtis's recently published essay "The Ghosts of Lubbock," which was published in CR's Summer 2021 issue.
This month's episode kicks off the start of fall with not one, but two authors! Podcast host Lilia Shrayfer sits down with Michelle Ross and Kim Magowan to talk about their latest co-written short story, "Twenty Three Safety Manuals." This episode features conversation on the craft of collaborative story-telling, writing women inside and outside of gender roles of their time, and the relationship between what the writer intends and the reader imagines on the page.
This month's episode brings into conversation author Iris Jamahl Dunkle and CLP associate editor and graduate student intern Annmarie Delfino. The two discuss Dunkle's recently published book, West : Fire : Archive, from CLP's Mountain/West Poetry Series, as well as how writing about the environment bridges the historical and the personal to recover landscapes […]
Podcast host C Culbertson sits down with Brandon Krieg to talk about ecopoetics, environmental thought, and how the practice of walking calls on us to notice the world around us. Krieg reads the poems “In Case of Loss” and “Havening,” from his book Magnifier, winner of the 2019 Colorado Prize for Poetry. [embed]https://media.blubrry.com/coloradoreviewpodcast/content.blubrry.com/coloradoreviewpodcast/EP_59_In_Conversation_with_Brandon_Krieg.mp3[/embed]
We are back just in time for National Poetry Month! New podcast hosts C Culbertson (they/them) and Lilia Shrayfer (she/her) sit down with Kate Bolton Bonnici, whose debut collection of poems Night Burial won the 2020 Colorado Prize for Poetry. This inaugural episode features talks about what the lineage of classical poetry and scholarship can teach folks […] [embed]https://media.blubrry.com/coloradoreviewpodcast/content.blubrry.com/coloradoreviewpodcast/CR_Podcast_April_In_Conversation_Kate_Bolton_Bonnici.mp3[/embed]
Podcast editor Daniel Schonning gives a glimpse of Josie Sigler Sibara's “The German Woman,” selected by Lori Ostlund as winner of the 2020 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, featured in the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of Colorado Review. Listen here!
After a long hiatus, podcast host Daniel Schonning takes a quick look at Matthew Gellman’s “My Family Asks Me to Speak,” featured in the Summer 2020 issue of Colorado Review. Click here to listen!
In the February episode of the Colorado Review podcast, host Daniel Schonning interviews poetry book review editor Dan Beachy-Quick. They touch on the ethics, methods, and merits of writing a book review. Click here to listen in your browser, or click here to listen using Apple Podcasts.
In the February episode of the Colorado Review podcast, host Daniel Schonning interviews poetry book review editor Dan Beachy-Quick. They touch on the ethics, methods, and merits of writing a book review. Click here to listen in your browser, or click here to listen using Apple Podcasts.
In this month’s episode, podcast hosts Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie sit down with associate editors Susannah Lodge-Rigal, Esther Hayes, and managing editor Jess Turner to talk all things CLP, Colorado Review, and a behind-the-scenes look at the Nelligan Prize.
In this month’s episode, podcast hosts Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie sit down with associate editors Susannah Lodge-Rigal, Esther Hayes, and managing editor Jess Turner to talk all things CLP, Colorado Review, and a behind-the-scenes look at the Nelligan Prize.
In our December episode, podcast hosts Evan Senie and Daniel Schonning are joined by assistant editor Mike Moening to explore the Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Colorado Review. Join them as they read selections from Franz Jørgen Neumann, Bill Capossere, Anthony Dipietro, and Emma Hine. Click here to listen on Blubrry or, click here to listen on iTunes. You can […]
In our December episode, podcast hosts Evan Senie and Daniel Schonning are joined by assistant editor Mike Moening to explore the Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Colorado Review. Join them as they read selections from Franz Jørgen Neumann, Bill Capossere, Anthony Dipietro, and Emma Hine. Click here to listen on Blubrry or, click here to listen on iTunes. You can […]
In this month’s episode, podcast hosts Evan Senie and Daniel Schonning interview poet, playwright, and novelist Darcie Dennigan. They discuss the writing process, genre-jumping, and how to catch eels with chicken nuggets.
In this month’s episode, podcast hosts Evan Senie and Daniel Schonning interview poet, playwright, and novelist Darcie Dennigan. They discuss the writing process, genre-jumping, and how to catch eels with chicken nuggets.
In our October episode, as part of our series looking behind the curtain at Colorado Review, podcast host Daniel Schonning interviews nonfiction editors Stephanie G’Schwind and Harrison Candelaria Fletcher. They discuss what brought G’Schwind and Fletcher to the craft, recent movements in the genre, and the three things our editors look for in nonfiction submissions […]
In our October episode, as part of our series looking behind the curtain at Colorado Review, podcast host Daniel Schonning interviews nonfiction editors Stephanie G’Schwind and Harrison Candelaria Fletcher. They discuss what brought G’Schwind and Fletcher to the craft, recent movements in the genre, and the three things our editors look for in nonfiction submissions […]
In this month’s episode, podcast host Evan Senie interviews fiction editor Steven Schwartz and associate editor Esther Hayes. They discuss the components of compelling fiction, things that stand out to them when they read the submission queue, and the process by which a piece moves all the way to being accepted at Colorado Review. The […]
In this month’s episode, podcast host Evan Senie interviews fiction editor Steven Schwartz and associate editor Esther Hayes. They discuss the components of compelling fiction, things that stand out to them when they read the submission queue, and the process by which a piece moves all the way to being accepted at Colorado Review. The […]
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie look ahead to two prize-winning pieces of writing forthcoming from the Center for Literary Publishing: Brandon Krieg’s Magnifier, winner of the 2019 Colorado Prize for Poetry, and Bryna Cofrin-Shaw’s Loss and Damage, winner of the 2019 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction. Listen here!
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie look ahead to two prize-winning pieces of writing forthcoming from the Center for Literary Publishing: Brandon Krieg’s Magnifier, winner of the 2019 Colorado Prize for Poetry, and Bryna Cofrin-Shaw’s Loss and Damage, winner of the 2019 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction. Listen here!
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie take a deep dive into the Summer 2019 edition of Colorado Review. Join us as we discuss work by Tali Perch, Melanie Ritzenthaler, Cedar Brant, Maggie Smith, and Chelsea Dingman. Listen here.
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie take a deep dive into the Summer 2019 edition of Colorado Review. Join us as we discuss work by Tali Perch, Melanie Ritzenthaler, Cedar Brant, Maggie Smith, and Chelsea Dingman. Listen here.
In this month’s episode, podcast editors Daniel Schonning and Evan Senie take a deep dive into past editions of Colorado Review. Features include prose by Melanie Rae Thon, poems by C.D. Wright, Jean Valentine, and Charles Wright–and more! Listen here: Episode 47.
In the May episode of the CR Podcast, editors Evan Senie and Daniel Schonning sit down with MFA candidate Ryan Lanham to talk about his involvement in workshops for veterans and confined populations. Lanham expands on the joys and trials of the process, while touching on the important work that art can do in the world. The […]