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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Bear Review at "SHOW ME STATE: A Missouri Lit Mags Virtual AWP Offsite Event"

Inaugural Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize winner announced

2019 Editors Prize Interview: Kabel Mishka Ligot

Nov 7

Announcing the 5th Annual Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize

Poet Michelle Boisseau (1955 – 2017) We’re stoked about our annual single-poem contest. We’ve already received more than a couple of...

Jul 24

“I Accidentally Read Al Pacino as A.I. Pacino” by Kerry Kurdziel, Read by the Poet

I read Kerry Kurdziel’s “I Accidentally Read Al Pacino as A.I. Pacino” and I fell in love with the void all over again. In college, my...

Jul 8

"March" by Lynne Potts, read by the Poet

“March” is a portrait of a month that is poised between seasons, a month during which there is little left to do but wait. The...

Jun 14

The Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize Finalists in Their Own Words – Micro Interviews with the Poets

As poetry editors at Bear Review, each year there’s really no greater joy than informing a poet that their anonymous contest entry hasn’t...