Looking to meet some new short fiction? By Hana Ishige, Editorial Intern Name: “Goblin” by Robert Stone Birthplace: Greensboro Review Issue 114 Height: Short Story About me: Has an unbridled sense of feeling, flush with full-sensory details that immerse you further and further into the relationship between the father and the son. Inhabits a […]
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Happy Pub Day to GR Editor Emeritus Maggie Cooper
Happy Pub Day to former Greensboro Review fiction editor Maggie Cooper! We’re excited to celebrate Cooper’s new chapbook, The Theme Park of Women’s Bodies, out today from Bull City Press. “Intricate, unsettling parables of womanhood. These stories function like tiny jewel-bright dioramas, creating whole worlds and lives in miniature—down to the hum of the electricity, […]
Read More »Why We Chose It: “History of the World” by Caitlyn Klum
By Justin Nash, Managing Editor I certainly don’t speak for all editors when I say this, but it’s rare that a long poem catches my interest. Seeing a submitted poem that’s three, four, five pages long among a sea of others the usual half to three-quarters of a page—I feel often like a writer is […]
Read More »Friday Poetry Roundup: Spring Edition
By Caroline White, Poetry Editor The following featured poems appear in our new Spring 2024 Issue 115. Subscribe today to read more! “Prime Rib Resting” by Jacob Schepers caught our attention by being a small poem with a big scope and a concise, tangible series of images. The line breaks themselves create meaning in this […]
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Happy Pub Day to GR Contributor Stephen Hundley
Happy Pub Day to Greensboro Review contributor Stephen Hundley! We’re so excited that Hundley’s debut novel, Bomb Island, is out today from Hub City Press. From the publisher: “Part coming-of-age summer romance, part thriller, Bomb Island is a funny and fast-paced Southern novel exploring subculture communities, survival, and found family set on an island near an unexploded […]
Read More »Why We Chose It: “You Can Never Come Back to Now” by Edmund Sandoval
By Sierra Stonebraker, Fiction Editor Sharp and exciting language is the most immediate way I engage with a story, and my favorite aspect of “You Can Never Come Back to Now” (issue 115) is the prose, which functions as a main engine of the narrative. The first few sentences conjure images of a world-ending […]
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Why We Chose It: “Interiors” by Leah Yacknin-Dawson
By Katie Worden, Editorial Assistant Against the backdrop of Chicago, Leah Yacknin-Dawson unfolds a story of grief, pain, and love—probing the limits of each. “Interiors,” indeed, relishes the inner. It is defined by the introspective eye of its narrator, Anna, who renders her emotional landscape with as much detail and acuity as she does the […]
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Springtime Listening: Poetry Playlist for Issue 115
By Calista Malone, Poetry Editor One of the things that connects me to poetry, or rather gets me writing, is music. Maybe it’s the melody that helps stir a rhythm in me that must be written down in stanzas. Maybe it’s one great lyric that sets me off down a road to create something completely […]
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Which Short Story You Should Read from The Greensboro Review, Based on Your Astrological Sign
By Nellie Hildebrandt, Fiction Editor Aries: “Men With Guns” by Ania Mroczek (Issue 114)—Hanging with hunters and aspiring climate change activists is something the bold, impulsive Aries would admire. They are bound to find the inherent danger of a glove box gun and repeated “NO TRESPASSING” signs appealing. Taurus: “The Phenomenal Funeral Formula” […]
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Dive into the Archives: Technology & Connection
By Gabrielle Girard, Editorial Assistant This week, to mark the many efforts to connect as well as to unplug during this winter holiday season, we at the GR bring you a themed dive into the stories of Issue 113. While The Greensboro Review does not publish themed issues and remains dedicated to “the best […]
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