The Monarch Review

02/12/2022

New short story up this week about an important issue. Check it out!

When I consider how I got into the daunting business of running a women’s health clinic where abortions are often performed, I think of Monty. Her given name was Montgomery, bestowed on her by pare…

29/08/2020

A new poem from Seattle writer, Misha Berson

“Gravity is just a theory. You can go ahead and walk out a second-story window because gravity is a theory. The virus doesn’t care what you believe”. Dr. Tom Benzoni, quoted in The Des Moines Regis…

20/07/2020

We talked to Kenny Mayne sometime back - what a story!

For any sports fan or ESPN aficionado, the name Kenny Mayne is more than familiar. Mayne, of course, is the sardonic, sarcastic personality who often hosts the station’s flagship program, SportsCen…

17/01/2020

Check out Video Bebop! It’s the PNW music video show and the coolest thing on YouTube!

Join twin-hosts Eva and Cedric Walker as they explore five Northwest music videos showcasing rock, blues and the theatrical. Featuring Caela Bailey, Tres Lec...

21/11/2019

We love these neighbors of ours!

Julia Massey is a personal hero. Ever since the day I met her, I’ve appreciated and felt grateful for her kind spirit and welcoming heart. Anyone who has come into contact with Julia knows what I mean. Her eyes get wide, her voice brightens and she heartfeltfully (is that a word?) listens to what ...

17/10/2019

The Dunes!!

Produced by WAFFLMAKR Directed and Edited by Joel Mars Cinematographers: Joel Mars and Nicholas Bond Costume Assistance from Ashley Campbell and The Beige Mo...

03/10/2019

Three of our favorite bands are playing Chop Suey on 11/2 from 6-9pm! Yeeeaahhh!

10/08/2019

Steve Earle!

American singer-songwriter, Steve Earle, is a living legend. Between his decades touring the country, playing his jangly-heavy guitar for audiences thirsty for stories of the road and dust kicked u…

29/07/2019

Valerie June talked about so much. What a legend!

Valerie June finally has free time. After a life working odd jobs and steeling moments to write songs, the lilting, butterfly-voiced Americana singer has room to make her art, unfettered by traditi…

26/07/2019

Bad Brains is a legendary band and for many in the hardcore scene, they started it all. Read all about it here in the interview with frontman H.R.

Paul “H.R.” Hudson is the longtime front man for Bad Brains, a group founded in 1979 and often credited with creating the original hardcore sound. Through fast, energetic songs and snarling, high-p…

24/07/2019

Detlef!

It’s been 20 years since Seattle SuperSonics legend, Detlef Schrempf, suited up in the green and gold, but that hasn’t stopped the former All-NBA player from making a home in the Emerald City area …

24/07/2019

We talked to Talib and it was amazing!

If you came of age in the 90s or early 2000s, backpack or underground hip-hop was likely a large part of the music in your favorite CD binder (and later your iPod). That being the case, one of your…

06/06/2019

Communication is sexy. Clarity essential. So, too, concision!

25/04/2019

We're thrilled to publish these three poems from our poet-hero, Rick Kenney! Enjoy!

The Arcturan Vivisectionist Explains This specimen’s common name is Mirroreye. Observe (retractor, please) just here—a rare non-adaptive anomaly in the so-called “third lid”—common enough, of cours…

21/02/2019

We are so happy you're still reading!

25/01/2019

We just want to say we love you. Keep reading the world, friends! xo

10/05/2018

Two new poems up today by local favorite Graham Isaac!

We Know the Results The Super Bowl is Over and with it, speculation as pros and amateurs alike call in to collect their bets. The Super Bowl is Over and you’re all a little drunk and mentioning yo…

23/02/2018

Our managing editor sought the best biscuits and gravy!

There’s something classic and homey about biscuits and sausage gravy, a dish with European roots that has existed in America in one form or another for more than 300 years. It became a staple of the American South after the Revolution when resources were in short supply; the dish, which requir...

23/02/2018

Our managing editor sought the best cheese slice. Check it out!

If you talk to anyone who loves food in Seattle, you’ll hear a lot of lamenting about how the city is bereft of excellent pizza. If you consider New York the source of top-notch slices, then Seattle couldn’t be farther away in proximity. But distance shouldn’t determine everything,...

09/02/2018

The first of three installments from Trevor Larkin about his role in the new Allen Stone album.

Hi, everybody. My name’s Trevor Larkin, and I play guitar in Allen Stone’s band. I’m also a solo artist, co-host the Not Famous Podcast and write everyday via my email newsletter, the Mind of a Tre…

07/01/2018

TMR update! We closed our submissions page. But we also recently published an interview with Danny Denial. Update your browsing as necessary!

Danny Denial might be the most intriguing artist you’ve never heard of. Or, if you read Afro Punk, you have heard of him. Denial, who recently moved to Seattle, is on the verge of creating a beauti…

08/11/2017

New paintings and new poems up today on www.themonarchreview.org. Enjoy!

The Monarch Review aims to sustain vibrant, vagabond culture by creating a forum for emerging and established artists and thinkers.

26/07/2017

Latest three songs to the head featuring Sounds Like Disco, Perfect Families and Fian - this is an eclectic one!

Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Sounds Like Disco,…

16/07/2017

New short story up today!

“Don’t you go gettin’ any ideas about sneaking up there for a swim, Cora,” Pop says. He lifts his lowball to gesture at the hills. She doesn’t meet his eyes; she’s watching beads …

29/06/2017

Richard Kenney is a Seattle poet legend. Here are five new poems from him today.

26/06/2017

Two new poems up today!

25/05/2017

Three new poems up today!

Sunflower I wanted you to know that I have read your rants, the scrawled graphite on torn pieces of newspaper, seen you pawing through loose papers like a bear over blueberries, your life in two so…

17/04/2017

Monarch favorite Jason Whitmarsh has a new book coming out Friday at Open Books

Jason Whitmarsh has been a Monarch favorite since the magazine’s first days. We just think he’s a swell guy. But, perhaps more importantly, we really dig his poetry. Check out this shor…

24/03/2017

LATEST 3 SONGS TO THE HEAD!

Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Omar Tellez, Razor…

08/03/2017

Some groovy new art up today!

From the artist: My name is Dani Wilson and I am a q***r, poly, Seattle artist. I formerly studied medicine at Bellevue College, but realized art is more the path I want to take. So aside from taki…