Bright Lines

One Hundred Years

Allegra Ruiz Three kids, one law degree, and an affair with a trophy wife in Indiana almost thirty years later,

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Bright Lines

Bloom

Wendy Lu The whispers of a thousand snowflakes slow-diving to the greenThe vividness of bright purple-red, a day before the

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The Poplar Review

The Poplar Review is a selective annual print journal published by the NYU Shanghai Writing Program and Creative Writing Minor that showcases exemplary work by NYU Shanghai creative writers.

You can find a PDF of Issue 1: 2020-21 here, and submission guidelines for the next issue here.

Learn more about creative writing at NYU Shanghai — including info on how to earn a Creative Writing Minor.