McCahill’s insights on faculty leadership and college service will appear in the A Faculty Guidebook for Effective Shared Governance and Service in Higher Education (Routledge Press Higher Education Series). The guidebook is edited by Holly Hassel, Kirsti Cole and Joanne Giordano. Holly Hassel is professor of English and director of the First-Year Writing Program at North Dakota State University. Kirsti Cole is professor of English at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Joanne Baird […]
Read the winning entries, here. November 23, 2022 at 12:00 am MST As editor-in-chief and faculty adviser of the Santa Fe Literary Review, Kate McCahill is accustomed to sorting through thousands of pieces of writing to choose a collection for readers. While she usually has a team of five interns and a board of genre editors to help call the shots for the annual publication at Santa Fe […]
Pasatiempo’s Brian Sandford interviewed Kate McCahill for today’s story, “Square Deal: Free Literary Review is out.” For an excerpt, read on! View full text here. Sandford writes: “When the Santa Fe Literary Review was first published 17 years ago, it was a showcase for locals. Now it accepts submissions from around the world — making it a tough nut to crack for even the most experienced writers, […]
Kate and the SFLR team are proud to announce the release of this year’s gorgeous issue of the SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW. Featuring original writing and art by Santa Feans and collaborators from around the world, plus an exclusive interview with Santa Fe’s Poet Laureate, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington. We’re looking forward to sharing this issue with the world; copies are available throughout Santa Fe, including […]
The inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival welcomed Kate and the SFLR team with open arms this May. Featuring such guests as Margaret Atwood, Colson Whitehead, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and George RR Martin, the event was not to be missed. Guest passes for SFLR editors and interns, as well as SFCC students, made us feel welcome and empowered. Santa Fe’s Poet Laureate, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, read […]
Patagonian Road by Kate McCahill ’02 An interview with Stephen Reed “The world is broad and wide,” said Shakespeare. No one has the time to travel all its roads. It is unlikely that I will ever set foot in Central or South America even though I have made some wonderful friends who came to Northwood from countries such as Brazil, Guatemala, and Ecuador to play […]
Kate discusses solo travel, food adventures, and taking risks at the Travelers Blueprint Podcast. Listen directly on their website, or wherever you get your podcasts!
Amidst turbulence at the Santa Fe Community College, Kate presents the faculty perspective as faculty senate chairwoman – quoted in INSIDE HIGHER ED and referenced in the SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN.
Kate had the privilege of interviewing Kirstin Valdez Quade, author of NIGHT AT THE FIESTAS and, most recently, THE FIVE WOUNDS. Interview goes live August 1, 2021! Check the SFLR website, or email sflr(at)sfcc.edu for your complimentary copy. https://www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review/
Learn about how the SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW was published—Listen in here.
The 2020 SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW issue is live and available to all – throughout Santa Fe and beyond. For your copy, email sflr(at)sfcc.edu. This year’s issue features an exclusive interview with Layli Long Soldier, winner of the Whiting Award and the Lannan Literary Award.
The AWP Conference in San Antonio was a huge success – and will likely be the last of its kind for a while. With panels readings spanning every literary topic, the conference was an opportunity to network, learn, and distribute the 2019 issue of the SFLR.
Read the full article, here. An Excerpt: “McCahill took over running the magazine from Sagan in 2016, after she worked, at Sagan’s invitation, alongside student interns. Those students continue in the tradition of reading the slush submitted from June to November. Each submission is read by three interns who evaluate the pieces before turning them over to the editors overseeing the genres of poetry, nonfiction and […]
The Santa Fe Literary Review is so proud to feature an original interview with Tommy Orange in next year’s issue, themed Raíces: Down to the Roots. Alongside the interview, Kate and team are thrilled to be placing an original, unpublished story, “Shenandoah.” Tommy Orange’s first novel, There There, has been lauded by editors and critics representing the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Paris Review, […]
