Apr 3"Conclave" by Carolyn Oliver, Read by the Poet“Conclave” by Carolyn Oliver, Read by the Poet In this spare poem, Oliver shows how the ordinary moment—robins observed “on a high...
Aug 16, 2023"Forest Sauvage" by M. Cynthia Cheung, Read by the PoetThis poem, clearly steeped in Arthurian legend, transcends its source materials to express subtleties regarding violence, suffering,...
Aug 7, 2023"Dear Outsiders" by Jenny Sadre-Orafai. A Review by Anthony Procopio RossSet beside an unyielding sea, Sadre-Orafai’s newest collection “Dear Outsiders” waits for you with the patient gaze of someone staring...
Jun 17, 2023Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize Finalists in Their Own Words - Three Brief Interviews with the PoetsAs poetry editors at Bear Review, each year there’s really no greater joy than informing a poet that their anonymous contest entry hasn’t...