Good River Review

"Labozzetta’s tales of the American dream explore both sides of the mythological coin—ambition and emptiness—in the proverbial land of the free." @julieinjax reviews @MarisLabozzetta's MEN WHO WALK IN DREAMS: tinyurl.com/37ht9vhk

Climate change is on our minds and our hearts are with all of those affected by the LA wildfires. @calfund is accepting donations and offering resources for impacted individuals: tinyurl.com/mr3x8a66

"It feels rare to discover a classic in the making, but OPEN THROAT is just that rare a book." Delany Aby Saalman reviews Henry Hoke's poignantly timely novel: goodriverreview.com/post/henry-hok…

"The novel reflects an Irish Catholic childhood from the perspective of a boy who examines everything with love and longing." Read Lisa McCormack's review of A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD by Ed Burns @7StoriesPress goodriverreview.com/post/irish-sto…

Congrats to our 2024 @PushcartPrize nominees!

Our fall issue is LIVE! Check it out: goodriverreview.com

Congrats to our @SundressPub Best of the Net nominees!! Thank you for helping to make our journal wonderful! @JDIsip1 @BrynnSaito

HUGE congrats to Issue 7 contributor Audrey Rose, whose poem "Variations on the Electric Slide" will be published in the 2024 @BestNewPoets anthology! Read the full poem here: goodriverreview.com/post/audreyrose

@gretchenfilart @stonecirclerev - Lee is infinitely encouraging @TrampolinePoet1 - Justin is kind, love the poets here @GoodRiverReview - Solid, unpretentious, gorgeous grad school journal @prairiehomemag 💙 and @TSCETweets (Blue Mountain Review) - the poetry editors are great (@natallman) 😎

Solid, unpretentious, gorgeous—we’ll take it. 😎 Thanks, @JDIsip1!

Check out our latest book review: SLEEPAWAY, by @Prufer_Kevin. "There are mysterious deaths, a stolen gun, a search for drugs, and a possibly looming apocalypse." Oh my! @acre_books goodriverreview.com/post/when-a-po…

Just us over here still basking in the glow of our #PushcartXLIX wins! 🤩 goodriverreview.com/post/good-rive…

NBCC member Laura Johnsrude reviewed Jonathan Buckley’s "Tell" for @GoodRiverReview: buff.ly/3xuWc3v

Check out @lvcandler's review of STANDING IN THE FOREST OF BEING ALIVE by @katiefar, from @AliceJamesBooks. goodriverreview.com/post/how-it-is…

"I admired all the stylistic pathways toward the cold truth that we cannot be sure about what happened, really. Not ever." Review of @BuckleyInfo's TELL, up now! goodriverreview.com/post/what-the-… @NewDirections

I should also thank the following AMAZING pubs/programs (& zoom!) for opportunities to learn/write & for whispers a few decibels louder than my insecurity. Pure grace.@CatapultStory @barrelhouse @PitheadChapel @SouthampWriters @cnfonline @sackettstreet @gonelawn @GoodRiverReview

Seeking to publish writing that excites and avoids sameness, Good River Review Issue 7 offers new essays, poetry for young adults, flash fiction, reviews, and reprints deserving a second look. #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @GoodRiverReview newpages.com/blog/magazines…

"West is Rekdal’s eleventh book, and it is nothing less than an extraordinary explication of what it means, and what it costs, to document history." @GoodRiverReview reviews @PaisleyRekdal's award-winning poetry collection, WEST: A TRANSLATION: goodriverreview.com/post/empire-s-…

Congratulations to our @PushcartPrize XLIX winner @LizFemi! Read her poem "the world is a stool on my head..." in our fall issue: goodriverreview.com/post/_poem-fem…

Two poems by @UNCG MFA Writing Program director Terry Kennedy in the latest issue of the @GoodRiverReview goodriverreview.com/post/terrykenn… @mfagreensboro @UNCG_ENG @UNCG_CAS @UNCGResearch #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere