Author Archives: Talking River Review

Update on Rising Rivers

Rising Rivers is a special project that Talking River Review is working on with Trestle Creek Review. This is an anthology of high school students’ prose, poetry, and art. We currently have 11 prose, 6 poetry, and 2 photography submissions, but we are looking for more! If you know any regional high school students whoContinue reading “Update on Rising Rivers”

What TRR Has Been Up To

Today, TRR spent the morning copyediting Issue 61. We’ll resume editing next week and will send along proofs for each contributor to approve before we go to print. This week, several team members also visited North Idaho College and the Trestle Creek Review team to formulate a plan for reading and editing submissions to theContinue reading “What TRR Has Been Up To”

What TRR Has Been Up To

It’s almost midterm, and the TRR team has been busy! A couple of weeks ago, Stegner Lecturer Kimi Eisele visited our class, and we had a fantastic discussion about writing and publishing. If you missed the lecture, you can watch it on the Division of Arts, Letters, and Learning’s YouTube channel. Several team members areContinue reading “What TRR Has Been Up To”

The Last Book I Read: A Recommendation From Joe Wilkins

It’s been years since I’ve read a book of narrative nonfiction as honest, compassionate, and wise as Michael Copperman’s Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler’s Journey. A journalistic investigation, a tender biography, a wise meditation on sport, persistence, faith, the natural world, and the search for meaning—this is a book I’m going to hand to my sixteen-year-old son. This isContinue reading “The Last Book I Read: A Recommendation From Joe Wilkins”

From the Community: Tate Jessup

My name is Tate, and I have served as LCWR’s station manager for the past year, working alongside station advisor Ian Tippets and music manager Rose Lafser. I oversee daily operations, assist DJs, and research music. When I first began college, I was discouraged from becoming involved in campus clubs and events. My experience withContinue reading “From the Community: Tate Jessup”

From the Archives: Ron McFarland

Winter 2001 AN IDAHO MAN SPEAKS OUT ON SWANS They glide on water and they migrate southand north, they mate for life, theywhistle when they die. We have no timefor myths in Idaho but take much pridein being America’s state of mind,symbol of what the world would likeof course to be most like. What isContinue reading “From the Archives: Ron McFarland”

The Last Book I Read: A Recommendation From Tara Karr Roberts

The Origin of Ava by Annie Lampman LC State alumna Annie Lampman’s brilliant new novel, The Origin of Ava, interweaves the stories of three unforgettable characters: Ava, a grieving ornithologist chasing birds and comfort in Ecuador; Ezra, a recently incarcerated young man seeking to distance himself from his painful past; and Greer, an 11-year-old girl running for herContinue reading “The Last Book I Read: A Recommendation From Tara Karr Roberts”

Meet the Fall 2026 TRR Interns

Lanessa Watkins: Hello! I’m Lanessa Watkins, and I’m a senior majoring in Publishing Arts with a minor in Creative writing. I am also the president of TRR. I am super excited to be building Issue 61, and I’m even more excited to lead some top-secret TRR projects we have been designing over the summer! LandryContinue reading “Meet the Fall 2026 TRR Interns”