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 8, 2019

2019 Editors Prize Interview: Kabel Mishka Ligot

It was with little hesitation we selected Kabel Mishka Ligot our first-ever Bear Review Editors Prize winner... We felt his generosity...

Oct 9, 2019

The Things We Treasure: Reading “Antiquing” by Ashley M. Jones

If summer found you like it found me, dear reader, it saw you spending those noon-tall days with five or six books at your side. The...

Jul 23, 2019

"I gave my spleen to coyotes": Alicia Mountain's High Ground Coward

I keep using the word "rangy" to describe the poems in Alicia Mountain's High Ground Coward. By rangy, I mean both range-like, an...