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A specialty brew of musings, micro reviews and the occasional call to arms by the Bear Review crew and friends. Grab and go.
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- Jul 16, 2021
“A Good Pair of Scissors, if Taken Care of, Will Last You Forever” by Angie Macri, Read by the Poet
In the poem, which originally appears in Bear Review, Vol. 5, Issue 2, the listener looks back with Macri, a “mother heavy with all she...
- Jul 2, 2021
"Everyday I draw a different bird" by Megan Merchant, Read by the Poet
This gorgeous and compact poem won Bear Review’s first annual Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize for a single outstanding piece. While...
- Mar 25, 2021
"Witch," by Patricia Nelson, read by the poet
In this reimagining of the classic fairytale, the children are not in control. This is no happy ending.
- Mar 20, 2021
Bear Review at "SHOW ME STATE: A Missouri Lit Mags Virtual AWP Offsite Event"
Seems everything's virtual now, but the trend won't last forever, thankfully. Things are looking up, but we are getting through with...
- Mar 11, 2021
"Swipe Left" by Issam Zineh, read by the poet
Issam Zineh’s poem “Swipe Left to View the Same Image in Visible Light,” which appears in Vol. 7, Issue 1, positions the reader on the...
- Feb 27, 2021
“Well” by Amanda DeJesús, read by the poet
Sometimes a single word, “insistent upon dimension," as DeJesús puts it, contains unknown quantities of pain seeping from porous rocks...
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