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MR's 2014 Pushcart Prize Nominees

Just under the wire, the Massachusetts Review is thrilled
to present our nominees for the next Pushcart Prize. We
continue to be amazed by the quality of work that we receive
and were lucky enough to publish this year.

Issues are available for purchase here.

POETRY:
Her Moods Caused Owls by Sarah Sousa
(Volume 55, Issue 3, Fall 2014)

Gizzard Song by Dean Young
(Volume 55, Issue 3, Fall 2014)

PROSE:
The Once and Future Capital by Emily Barton
(Volume 55, Issue...

Fall 2014 New and Forthcoming Titles from MR Contributors

The Massachusetts Review is thrilled to announce the following new and forthcoming releases from the poets and writers who have helped ensure that MR publishes the best in contemporary voices, here and abroad. Congratulations to all! (To purchase back issues of MR, click here.)

Scouting for the Reaper, a collection of stories by Jacob Appel (Vol. 48, Issue 1, 2007), winner of the 2013 Hudson Prize, is now available from Black Lawrence Press. “Jacob Appel’s stories echo with secrets. There are the secrets we keep from those closest to us, of course. Our parents,...

MR's Special Spring Issue Featured in MassLive

The Massachusetts Review and the UMass MFA for Poets and Writers were featured in the Springfield Republican's MassLive.com site Monday, March 24. Click here to read about our Special Issue celebrating 50 years of the program, and guest editor John Emil Vincent's thoughts on curating this remarkable collection.

New and Forthcoming Titles from MR Contributors

The Massachusetts Review is thrilled to announce the following new and forthcoming releases from the poets and writers who have helped ensure that MR publishes the best in contemporary voices, here and abroad. Congratulations to all! (To purchase back issues of MR, click here.)

Across My Big Brass Bed, the latest novel by Gary Amdahl (Vol. 54, Issue 2 - 4, 2013), is available from Artistically Declined Press. “Gary Amdahl ... is, to boot, a free-wheeling—a whirling—diviner of associations. When the prose is on you don’t...

Geffrey Davis Named the 10th Annual Anne Halley Prize Winner

Congratulations to GEFFREY DAVIS,
winner of the 10th Annual
ANNE HALLEY POETRY PRIZE
awarded by The Massachusetts Review!

Poetry Reading by Geffrey Davis
Tuesday, April 3, 2014
7:00pm at Amherst Books

Geffrey Davis’s debut collection, Revising the Storm, was selected by Dorianne Laux for the 2013 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, and will be published by BOA Editions in April 2014. Part of his work as a literary citizen involves promoting the poetry of others. To this...