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The Growler
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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Inaugural Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize winner announced
After much arguing and reading and rereading then handing the amazing poems we selected over to Hadara Bar-Nadav to select a winner...
Oct 16, 2020


"Gonna break the nose of mythology": Ama Codjoe’s Blood in the Air
In Blood of the Air, Codjoe exploits the intersection of content and form to deconstruct racist and sexist narratives...
Oct 9, 2020


2019 Editors Prize Winner Kabel Mishka Ligot featured on The Slowdown
We chose Kabel Mishka Ligot's work for our first-ever Editors Prize for the simple fact that his poetry seems to effortlessly raise some...
Sep 23, 2020


Founding Editor Brian Clifton: Remaining Present in a Burning World
It is difficult to erase, to unlearn completely the ways my aesthetics have been shaped and limited by white supremacy—a fact...
Jul 11, 2020


Quarantine, days 16 through 23 – Marcus Slease on life in isolation in Spain
The world meter indicates spikes in Italy, Spain and now newly onboard, after months of
delay and disorganisation, the United States...
May 12, 2020


Lockdown in Spain: Days 10 through 15 – life in quarantine in a foreign country
Trying not to think about getting it, the practicalities, two people in a small flat, there is no way to isolate from each other...
Apr 17, 2020
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