Monday, April 22, 2024

An Interview with Bacopa 2023 Fiction Honorable Mention Emilee Prado

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By Bacopa Literary Review Fiction Editor Alec Kissoondyal Emilee Prado's brilliant use of contrast is immediately evident in her story,...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

A Reflection on an Editor's Preferences

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By Bacopa Literary Review  Creative Nonfiction Editor Stephanie Seguin For this editor, there are very few things that are “automatic no’s” ...
Monday, April 8, 2024

A meditation on Sara Adams’s “1040A”

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2023 Poetry Co-Editor Reinfred Addo This piece, “1040A” by Sara Adams, is very understated. It’s not very ‘artsy’-...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Love, Laughs and Pastries: A Reflection on the 2023 Humor Prizewinner

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By 2023 Bacopa Creative Nonfiction Editor Stephanie Seguin The other day I was in Trader Joe’s. Part of the feature display was a neat stack...
Monday, March 25, 2024

An interview with Bacopa 2023 Fiction Prizewinner Lisa Isaac

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By Bacopa Literary Review Fiction Editor Alec Kissoondyal Lisa Isaac's short story "In the Red" brought me along for a charact...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

A meditation on Matthew J. Spireng’s “Two-faced Abecedarian”

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2023 Poetry Co-Editor Reinfred Addo The abecedarian form is one of those poetry forms that doesn’t always get its...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Formal Poetry vs. Free Verse, a Practical Commentary

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By 2024 Bacopa Poetry Co-Editor J. Nishida All poetry has form.   Edward Hirsch likens a poem’s form to a human’s body—a necessary physical ...
Monday, March 4, 2024

A meditation on Martins Deep’s “how to sing in an electric chair”

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2023 Poetry Co-Editor Reinfred Addo In the 2023 edition of Bacopa Literary Review , the poem that received an hono...
Friday, March 1, 2024

Editor's Reflection on Visual Poetry 2023 Award Winners

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By  Bacopa Literary Review  Poetry Co-Editor Oliver Keyhani Honorable mention: "1040A" - Sara Adams In visual poetry, an image is ...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Bacopa Literary Review 2024 Editorial Team

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Editor in Chief J.N. Fishhawk is a poet and freelance writer. A founding co-host of the Civic Media Center’s open mic Thursday Night Poetry...
Monday, February 12, 2024

An abstract, emotional piece wins the 2023 prize for Creative Nonfiction

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By Bacopa Literary Review Creative Nonfiction Editor Stephanie Seguin Above all else, when reading through entries for the creative nonficti...