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ln October 1996, the Center became publisher of the state's oldest continuously published literary journal, Great River Review, which began publication in 1978. Recipient of a Minnesota Book Award and a Pushcart Prize, Great River Review has published some of the finest writers in the country and abroad, such as Olga Broumas, Odysseas Elytis, Ted Kooser, Judith Kitchen, Jay Meek, Philip Levine, Linda Pastan, and Paul Zimmer. 
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Featured in the current issue of Great River Review:

An unpublished poem by John Berryman along with his

1969 National Book acceptance speech

Creative Fiction and Nonfiction

Christopher Dickey • Barry Lopez • Mary Thompson • Paul Zimmer

Poetry

Marianne Boruch • Albert Goldbarth • Kimoko Hahn • John Haines •

Poem that Picks Up Where Neruda Left Off

by Barton Sutter

I want to do to you

What spring does to the cherry tree,

What winter does to the Norway pine,

What autumn does to the maple tree.

I want to do to you

What the buck in rut does to the doe,

What the falcon does to the sharp-tailed grouse,

What the owl does to the meadow vole.

But I'd also like to be for you

The banjo twang in the bullfrog's throat,

The pollen dust on the windblown rose,

The where'd-she-go in the rabbit's coat.

And I would like to do for you

What summer does for the spotted fawn,

What showers do for the brook trout stream,

What water does for the long-necked swan.