Aurelia of the Crows
This piece is the winner of the The River’s 2018 Dramatic Works Contest! AURELIA OF THE CROWS by Carter Aimone The setting is 1900 New York and centers on the … Continue Reading Aurelia of the Crows
Prompts for Every Genre!
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Prompts for Every Genre!
The Door
This piece is a runner up in The River’s 2018 Dramatic Works Contest. THE DOOR by Hannah Calkin Characters: ALLISON MILLS: Late 20s. Plain, eccentric, anxious. JASON FISHER: Mid … Continue Reading The Door
The Revision Process and Knowing When Your Work is Done
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading The Revision Process and Knowing When Your Work is Done
Radical Kinship
by Amy Baskin —dedicated to the staff of Homeboy Industries and Fr. Greg Boyle Tell me again all about my roots. Swab my cheeks. Can you see my … Continue Reading Radical Kinship
Breaking Boundaries: The Relationship between Writer and Genre
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Breaking Boundaries: The Relationship between Writer and Genre
Adoration
by Gale Acuff When Miss Hooker calls on me to tell her and my classmates here in Sunday School just who killed the giant Goliath with his sling I answer Jesus and everyone laughs. No, … Continue Reading Adoration
Reading Across Genre
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Reading Across Genre
The Green Line perseveres
by Amy Baskin —for Ricky Best, Taliesin Namkai-Meche, Micah Fletcher and the young women they defended on on the train in Portland, Oregon on May 26th, 2017 notice how platforms … Continue Reading The Green Line perseveres
What Writers can learn from Role-Playing Games
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading What Writers can learn from Role-Playing Games
The Scream
by Caitlin Waltz “The color shrieked.” -Edvard Munch I walk along a bridge with no beginning and no end, the sunset reflected in the faded streaks of color in the … Continue Reading The Scream
The Cat and the Ox: Finding Your Process and Staying Engaged
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading The Cat and the Ox: Finding Your Process and Staying Engaged
Place: Writing What You Know
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Place: Writing What You Know
Dark Night, Bright Sky
by Tamar Anolic It was winter when Father Cillian O’Leary realized he had lost his faith. He spent the morning in penance, trying to get his whip across … Continue Reading Dark Night, Bright Sky
3 Reasons to Submit Your Work
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies … Continue Reading 3 Reasons to Submit Your Work
Rimbaud’s Last Stand
by Rick Viar Porters unlash you after the desert, your breathing a brittle, sweat-faded book you decide you’ll keep. It is time to be forgiven for lies, absinthe, … Continue Reading Rimbaud’s Last Stand
What Does your Character Want?
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies … Continue Reading What Does your Character Want?
A User’s Guide to Escaping the Chimney
by Jonathan Sload Admit that you’re stuck in the chimney. Stop using the phrases “sliding down” and “squeezing through.” You stopped doing those ten minutes ago. Stop … Continue Reading A User’s Guide to Escaping the Chimney
The New Editors of Spring 2018
A new season is here, and with it comes a new wave of submissions along with the introduction of the Spring 2018 editors. We’re both looking forward to publishing new … Continue Reading The New Editors of Spring 2018
Friday Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes
By Robert Drinkwater Friday Book Reviews is a blog dedicated to reviewing books that I have read. Welcome to Friday Book Reviews! Every week on Friday I will review at … Continue Reading Friday Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes
Rockwall Springs
by Jenn Powers About Contributor: Jenn Powers is a writer and visual artist from New England. Her most recent work is published or forthcoming in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Jabberwock Review, … Continue Reading Rockwall Springs
Begin with the Basics: The Three-Hole Pamphlet
By Syl Schulze Busy Mind Bindery is a blog dedicated to providing instructional tutorials on book-binding while inviting readers to think about themselves and the world around them. … Continue Reading Begin with the Basics: The Three-Hole Pamphlet
Greetings from your Fall 2018 River Editors
As the wind begins to chill and the leaves change their colors, so must The River change its editors! Robert Drinkwater and Syl Schulze are Creative Writing majors at the … Continue Reading Greetings from your Fall 2018 River Editors
Summer Movie Review: The End
With this being the finale of my blog, I wanted to take the time to say how much I enjoyed my work this summer. I wrote this blog in order … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: The End
That’s All Folks
by Hannah Binder Point Blank Perspective is a blog addressing common places, events, and experiences that we encounter in life. These are described in a column-style with a blunt and … Continue Reading That’s All Folks
XYZ
Some day. It’s what we all want really, to believe that that kind of love is more than a campfire story. Sometimes, we want to believe in ghosts.
Stage Directions
by S.B. Merrow A Camp Skit in Five Parts Wherein A White Woman Plays Dead To See Where It Gets Her (Breathe) Part I. Wherein The Lion … Continue Reading Stage Directions
Summer Movie Review: Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade is a coming of age story, about awkward middle-school student Kayla, who makes a last ditch effort to fit in before moving on to high-school. Actress Elsie Fisher … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: Eighth Grade
Summer Movie Review: BlacKkKlansmen
BlacKkKlansmen is the incredible (and mostly true) story of a black police officer (Ron Stallworth) in the 1960s who manages to infiltrate the KKK. It was a funny, surprising, … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: BlacKkKlansmen
Inspiration
by DS Maolalai perhaps it would have been better if the time I spent living with you had been spent living with you, rather than lying awake while you snored and … Continue Reading Inspiration
Consumer Review
by Hannah Binder Point Blank Perspective is a blog addressing common places, events, and experiences that we encounter in life. These are described in a column-style with a blunt and … Continue Reading Consumer Review
Summer Movie Review: Three Identical Strangers
Three Identical Strangers is a documentary on the incredible story of triplets, separated at birth and adopted by different families, who find each other 19 years later. The film speaks … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: Three Identical Strangers
Why We Want the Light Left On For Us
by Hannah Binder Point Blank Perspective is a blog addressing common places, events, and experiences that we encounter in life. These are described in a column-style with a blunt and … Continue Reading Why We Want the Light Left On For Us
Summer Movie Review: Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is an emotional story about a traumatized veteran (Will) who has removed himself from society and is living off the grid, and his thirteen year old daughter … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: Leave No Trace
Lodgings
by Ayiah Mensah Choosing an image from the woods near the main street, I paste a shadow behind me before it goes away with the sun, I allude this … Continue Reading Lodgings