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North American Review
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As the oldest literary magazine in the nation, our selected works reflect the breadth of the American experience, and encompass any voices that are committed to telling rich narratives that challenge the status quo. https://northamericanreview.org/
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Christopher Citro @christophercitro.bsky.social · 7d
What a treat to get my contributor's copy of North American Review with my sunburn at the beach poem "In Bed with Green Gels." Such an honor to appear in these pages for my 3rd time! HUGE thanks to Editor Jeremy Schraffenberger & everyone who helps make NAR so awesome!
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · 8d
Our newest issue is out now!! Find it online here: northamericanreview.org/magazine
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Suzanne Frischkorn @suzfrischkorn.bsky.social · 8d
Happy to have a new poem in the gorgeous fall issue of North American Review! Many thanks to J.D Schraffenberger and the NAR team. This is a poem from a new manuscript I’ve been working on.
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · 8d
Writing your next best spec fic story? Submit it for consideration in our Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize💫 This year’s judge is Rachel Yoder @rachelyoder.bsky.social ! Learn more about the contest here: northamericanreview.org/kurt-vonnegu...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · 8d
Calling all poets to submit their best work for consideration in our James Hearst Poetry Prize! We are honored to have Danez Smith as the final judge for this contest📝 Learn more here: northamericanreview.org/james-hearst...
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Maia Evrona @maiaevrona.bsky.social · 9d
And another Kol Nidrei poem, published in the Spring 2019 issue of @northamerreview.bsky.social (unfortunately I can’t find a copy of the issue, so here it is copied from my website)
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · 20d
Congratulations to Arthur Sze, who was appointed the Library of Congress' 25th Poet Laureate! Hear him discuss his craft with Poetry Foundation www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/160065...
Graphic with Arthur Sze: The Nation’s 25th U.S. Poet Laureate
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Aug 25
Have you ever wondered how we select visual art for publication? Read Emily Stowe's behind the scenes look at her process for finding art to accompany prose pieces, and working with Gary Kelley Art to inspire the cover art. Blog post now live in Open Space! northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 30
The summer issue is arriving to mailboxes, and the boxes from the printer have arrived to our offices, so all pre-orders will ship out this week. Preview the table of contents, read the letter from the editors, and follow a link to our store here: northamericanreview.org/magazine
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 26
"...and no matter how much I swore I could smell the grass and taste the salt on the breeze... none of it could be real because my brother was dead..." Tommy Vollman weaves the familiarity of an old film with the devastating newness of grief on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 19
"All the unspoken / hung heavy in air, an unresolved chord / a word could have brought down..." @rebeccafoust.bsky.social explores an ended romance in this music-laden poem on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 16
"New Age energy worshippers and fascist Musk-Trump idolators both represent the failure of community and shared culture..." Helena Feder explores science, pseudoscience, and climate change in this essay on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 16
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Winners of the 2025 Terry Tempest Williams Prize in Creative Nonfiction | North American Review
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 13
"now see me / in headlights over rumble strips, / vibration, stars, the empty fields..." Ride shotgun with Margaret LeMay's telestich on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"The vastness of the un-encountered / is breathtaking. Trust me, / I've crunched the numbers. / The math is wet fox fur / and Baudelaire, a forbidden / fathoming of eyelashes..." Lara Egger ponders the un-encountered in this surreal poem on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"Queerness for me has always been a way to evade surveillance and, in a way, English: Its tendency to overidentitfy, overclaim..." First generation Pakistani Diya Abbas reflects queerness and culture in this essay on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"Our bass player's across the strait, / hospitalized with pancreatitis. / I'm not sentimental about bass players..." Look across our northern border with Cal Freeman and his latest poem on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"...a decade passes quietly, no maternity / leave, no pumping stations, no diaper sales- / preschools begin to go out of business / and everyone's blissed out on sex without babies..." Cait Orcutt imagines a speculative future without children on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"Freelancers, we dug in. Pitched cabbaged like Mad Men / pitching ads against famine..." Katie Kemple makes a cabbage lyrical in her latest poem on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"You mistook these blue veins / for blackberry veins, this white hair for your / childhood / cat in a tree..." Charles Hensler's latest poem ends in ecstatic freedom and escape on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"Soaked-through blouses. Names, their lover's, / sweet in their mouths, like flesh lapping the water..." Asheley Nova Navarro keeps the camera rolling in this desirous love poem on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"We were Jewish, not Black like J.T. but maybe poor in another way..." Erik Gleibermann remembers the Harlem of his youth on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
"I can't know if he was trying to remember exactly what would kill him, or if by writing it over and over he thought he might tame it and keep it at bay..." In his latest poem, Gary Young finds notes in his father's house after he died on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 10
"Wide-ranging in tone and topic, these poems lead by example, showing us how the world could be, how a book could be..." Brittany Micka-Foos guides us through Rob Macaisa Colgate's debut poetry collection on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
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North American Review @northamerreview.bsky.social · Jun 10
"The seer paused and set / his gaze to the horizon, / which was blue and clear / and heavenly. 'We must brace / for the storm," he said..." Christopher Brean Murray has an elliptical conversation with a prophet in his latest poem on Open Space: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...