The Bayou Review
Est. 1987
Meet Our Team
​The Bayou Review provides a platform for emerging and established writers and artists to feature their work. Our dedicated team carefully reviews all submissions and selects work ranging from prose, poetry, translation, and visual work.
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Fall 2025 Interns
Abigail Marron
Alphonso Turner
Anastasia Olloque
Kameron Andrus Malone
Shree Parker
Abigail Marron is a senior at the University of Houston-Downtown. She is graduating in Fall 2025 with a B.F.A, with a concentration in Studio Art, and a minor in Spanish Interpretation. She is currently a member of the Honors Program and UHD’s Animal Rescue Club. She has prior experience as an artist, social media assistant, and graphic designer. She is interested in pursuing a career with a publishing company after graduation. Abigail is looking forward to designing book covers, magazines, and promotional material. With her experience and love for reading, Abigail is hoping to expand her creative skills in the arts and in literature.
Alphonzo Turner (he/him) is a Creative Writing major at the University of Houston- Downtown. He is currently working on a book of poetry. After he graduates in the Fall of 2025, he also plans to pursue an M.A. in English. Alphonzo feels that The University of Houston - Downtown is more than just a college experience; it is a bridge to a lifelong endeavor in education that extends beyond the classroom. He looks forward to reviewing every submission sent to The Bayou Review.
Anastasia Olloque is a senior at the University of Houston Downtown. She is graduating with a B.A. in English. With five years of writing experience under her belt, she also currently serves as section editor in the student-run university newspaper, The Dateline. As a member of the English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta, and peer mentor, she brings both academic excellence and a passion for supporting others to her editorial work. After graduation, Anastasia plans to teach English in Spain while pursuing her master's in Library Science, combining her love of literature with her commitment to education and service.
Kameron Andrus Malone is a senior at the University of Houston-Downtown graduating this fall with a B.A. in Technical Communication. He enjoys the art of storytelling through its many forms, his personal favorite being filmmaking. This semester he joins the group of student editors at The Bayou Review. After graduation, Kameron plans to pursue a career as a technical writer.
Shree Parker (she/her) is a senior at the University of Houston-Downtown with a major in History and a minor in Creative Writing. She has previously participated in several writing groups, workshops, and events, and has been writing fiction for many years with a focus on speculative fiction and fantasy, along with multiple projects in the works. She also has an enduring interest in period piece dramas, Bollywood/Hindi cinema, K-Dramas, fantasy, classic cinema, museums, drawing, and crafts. Additionally, her love of history, ancient civilizations, art, archaeology, and myths often guides her creative inspiration. Some of her favorite authors are Jane Austen, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mimi Matthews.
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Lau Cesarco Eglin
Dr. Lau Cesarco Eglin (she/ella/ela) is a poet and translator from Uruguay. She is the author of six collections of poetry, including the chapbooks Between Gone and Leaving—Home (dancing girl press, 2023) and Time/Tempo: The Idea of Breath (PRESS 254, 2022). Her poems and translations (from the Spanish, Portuguese, Portuñol, and Galician), have appeared in many journals such as Zócalo: Public Square, Asymptote, Figure 1, Eleven Eleven, Puerto del Sol, Copper Nickel, SRPR, International Poetry Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Columbia Poetry Review, Timber, and more. Cesarco Eglin is the translator of claus and the scorpion by the Galician author Lara Dopazo Ruibal (co•im•press, 2022), longlisted for both the 2023 PEN Award in Poetry in Translation and the 2023 National Translation Award in Poetry. She is also the translator of Of Death. Minimal Odes by the Brazilian author Hilda Hilst (co•im•press), which was the winner of the 2019 Best Translated Book Award. Her most recent translation is The Mistaken Place of Things by Gabriela Aguirre (Eulalia Books, 2024). Cesarco Eglin is the publisher of Veliz Books and teaches creative writing at the University of Houston-Downtown.
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