TRP Q&A: An Interview with Johnnie Bernhard

I love receiving books as gifts from friends and family. My favorites are books written by friends. It’s a privilege to share that moment with an author.

TRP Q&A: An Interview with Mary Morris

Public high school opened up enormous possibilities for literature and creative writing. I fell in love with Bukowski, Tolkien, Emily Dickinson, e.e. cummings, and read all of Herman Hesse.

TRP Q&A: An Interview with James Jabar

Mackenzie Campbell interviews Texas Review Press author James Jabar James Jabar is a student and lecturer from Greensboro, NC. He has an MFA in poetry from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his poems have recently appeared in The Freshwater Review. When he is not writing poetry or mentoring students, he spends his

X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Call for Submissions

Our $10,000 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize now open for submissions. This year’s judge is Maggie Smith.

TRP Q&A: An Interview with Caroline M. Mar

Mackenzie Campbell interviews Texas Review Press author Caroline M. Mar Caroline M. Mar is a high school health educator and poet. A San Francisco local, Carrie is doing her best to keep her gentrifying hometown queer and creative. She is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, an alumna of

TRP Q&A: An Interview with Thomas V. Nguyen

There’s a certain ease with studying science in that you don’t have to constantly wrestle with your inner thoughts but can just focus on learning. I find that when I take a break from poetry and switch to science, I come back to it more hopeful and inspired.

TRP Q&A: An Interview with Dylan Fisher

“‘Is this gonna be a brain book or a heart book?’ Nonsense! Great books hit both—and hit hard.”

A Wake with Nine Shades News

Congratulations Jennifer Sperry Steinorth We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Sperry Steinorth’s A Wake with Nine Shades received positive reviews from the Michigan Quarterly Review and Kirkus Review. Read the reviews here: Michigan Quarterly Review and Kirkus Review. “This book is technically accomplished and more emotionally ambitious than most first books. It certainly leaves

Highlighting Enter Water, Swimmer

Mary Morris’ new book, Enter Water, Swimmer, is a hauntingly beautiful collection of poetry that reaches deep into the soul and touches those places where we ponder life.

The Gordian Review

It’s been a year-long process, but we are excited to announce that The Gordian Review, our graduate student-run literary journal, has published its latest issue!