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BLR’s Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week’s read is “Bus” by Joan Leegant, which was awarded honorable mention in BLR‘s Goldenberg Prize for Fiction in 2013. 📖
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BLR’s Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week’s read is “Bus” by Joan Leegant, which was awarded honorable mention in BLR‘s Goldenberg Prize for Fiction in 2013. 📖
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We have exciting new publications from our BLR community. ✨
1. Samyak Shertok's debut poetry collection honors his fatherland and mother tongue.
2. Laura E. Garrard's poetry chapbook maps her journey through grief, surrender, and recovery after a diagnosis.
1. Samyak Shertok's debut poetry collection honors his fatherland and mother tongue.
2. Laura E. Garrard's poetry chapbook maps her journey through grief, surrender, and recovery after a diagnosis.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We have exciting new publications from our BLR community. ✨
1. Samyak Shertok's debut poetry collection honors his fatherland and mother tongue.
2. Laura E. Garrard's poetry chapbook maps her journey through grief, surrender, and recovery after a diagnosis.
1. Samyak Shertok's debut poetry collection honors his fatherland and mother tongue.
2. Laura E. Garrard's poetry chapbook maps her journey through grief, surrender, and recovery after a diagnosis.
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Dementia Unit for John Glenn" by Amy Rothschild, which won BLR's John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry in 2024, selected by judge Melissa Lozada-Oliva. 📖
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Dementia Unit for John Glenn" by Amy Rothschild, which won BLR's John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry in 2024, selected by judge Melissa Lozada-Oliva. 📖
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Are you a healthcare trainee wanting to incorporate creativity into your clinical life? 🩺✏️
BLR’s new Art in Medicine program offers a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines who are invested in creativity and reflection.
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BLR’s new Art in Medicine program offers a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines who are invested in creativity and reflection.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Are you a healthcare trainee wanting to incorporate creativity into your clinical life? 🩺✏️
BLR’s new Art in Medicine program offers a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines who are invested in creativity and reflection.
Learn more and apply: blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
BLR’s new Art in Medicine program offers a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines who are invested in creativity and reflection.
Learn more and apply: blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
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Loved this conversation with other @nytimes.com bestselling medical writers. Thanks @blreview.bsky.social for bringing us together. The video is below.
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Crafting a Story of Illness: Conversations on Creative Writing in Healthcare
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October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Loved this conversation with other @nytimes.com bestselling medical writers. Thanks @blreview.bsky.social for bringing us together. The video is below.
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BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Coulrophobia" by Jacob M. Appel from Issue 9. (Coulrophobia is, of course, the irrational fear of clowns or mimes.) 📖
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November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Coulrophobia" by Jacob M. Appel from Issue 9. (Coulrophobia is, of course, the irrational fear of clowns or mimes.) 📖
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BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "If You Scared, Say You Scared" by Sheree L. Greer which was published in Issue 45 and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. 👏
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October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "If You Scared, Say You Scared" by Sheree L. Greer which was published in Issue 45 and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. 👏
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BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is “To See How the Snow Blanketed the Trees" by Cory Brown, from Issue 40. 📖
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October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is “To See How the Snow Blanketed the Trees" by Cory Brown, from Issue 40. 📖
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Fall is here along with community news! 🍂 Congrats to these writers and creatives on their updates.
October 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Fall is here along with community news! 🍂 Congrats to these writers and creatives on their updates.
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "An Infinite Hunger" by @joonae.bsky.social from Issue 44. 📖
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October 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "An Infinite Hunger" by @joonae.bsky.social from Issue 44. 📖
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"Joy is an act of resistance"--Toi Derricotte
LOVE this essay by @danielleofri.bsky.social about joy being a way of standing up to tyranny. Beethoven's 9th is a work of joy, and my favorite symphony!
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LOVE this essay by @danielleofri.bsky.social about joy being a way of standing up to tyranny. Beethoven's 9th is a work of joy, and my favorite symphony!
@thelancet.com @blreview.bsky.social
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Defiant Acts of Joy
When a friend hit me up with a “great opportunity”, my answer was an immediate no. Whatever crumbs of free time in my possession were now taken up with responding to the Trump administration’s atta…
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October 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Joy is an act of resistance"--Toi Derricotte
LOVE this essay by @danielleofri.bsky.social about joy being a way of standing up to tyranny. Beethoven's 9th is a work of joy, and my favorite symphony!
@thelancet.com @blreview.bsky.social
danielleofri.com/defiant-acts...
LOVE this essay by @danielleofri.bsky.social about joy being a way of standing up to tyranny. Beethoven's 9th is a work of joy, and my favorite symphony!
@thelancet.com @blreview.bsky.social
danielleofri.com/defiant-acts...
BLR Issue 49 on Animalia is here! And to celebrate, we're trying out an exciting new format for our fall reading. 📖
Join us Thursday, October 23 online for a LIVE event. We'll hear from Animalia authors as they share their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. 🦉
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Join us Thursday, October 23 online for a LIVE event. We'll hear from Animalia authors as they share their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. 🦉
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
October 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BLR Issue 49 on Animalia is here! And to celebrate, we're trying out an exciting new format for our fall reading. 📖
Join us Thursday, October 23 online for a LIVE event. We'll hear from Animalia authors as they share their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. 🦉
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
Join us Thursday, October 23 online for a LIVE event. We'll hear from Animalia authors as they share their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. 🦉
www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...
Today's Weekly Read is "I Must Have Been That Man" by Adina Talve-Goodman, winner of BLR's 2015 Felice Buckvar Prize for Nonfiction. ✨
Learn more about the essay and The Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship, a mentorship created in Adina's memory. blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about the essay and The Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship, a mentorship created in Adina's memory. blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today's Weekly Read is "I Must Have Been That Man" by Adina Talve-Goodman, winner of BLR's 2015 Felice Buckvar Prize for Nonfiction. ✨
Learn more about the essay and The Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship, a mentorship created in Adina's memory. blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about the essay and The Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship, a mentorship created in Adina's memory. blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Bellevue Literary Review is excited to offer its 2026 writing workshop—Writing Illness onto the Page—to all who are interested in exploring the complexities of health, illness, and healing. 📝
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September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bellevue Literary Review is excited to offer its 2026 writing workshop—Writing Illness onto the Page—to all who are interested in exploring the complexities of health, illness, and healing. 📝
Learn more and register:
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Learn more and register:
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BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Saint Elizabeth" from Issue 18. ✏️
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#literarymagazine #literaryjournal #literarycommunity
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September 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Saint Elizabeth" from Issue 18. ✏️
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#literarymagazine #literaryjournal #literarycommunity
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Our virtual event Crafting a Story of Illness is TONIGHT! Who's joining? 🙋
BLR's @danielleofri.bsky.social—primary care doctor, author, and editor-in-chief—will moderate the discussion. 🎉
Details:
📆 TONIGHT, Thurs, Sept 25
🕐 7 PM - 8 PM EDT
💻Online
✨Free
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BLR's @danielleofri.bsky.social—primary care doctor, author, and editor-in-chief—will moderate the discussion. 🎉
Details:
📆 TONIGHT, Thurs, Sept 25
🕐 7 PM - 8 PM EDT
💻Online
✨Free
buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our virtual event Crafting a Story of Illness is TONIGHT! Who's joining? 🙋
BLR's @danielleofri.bsky.social—primary care doctor, author, and editor-in-chief—will moderate the discussion. 🎉
Details:
📆 TONIGHT, Thurs, Sept 25
🕐 7 PM - 8 PM EDT
💻Online
✨Free
buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
BLR's @danielleofri.bsky.social—primary care doctor, author, and editor-in-chief—will moderate the discussion. 🎉
Details:
📆 TONIGHT, Thurs, Sept 25
🕐 7 PM - 8 PM EDT
💻Online
✨Free
buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
Crafting a Story of Illness is in just 2 days! We are thrilled that nurse and bestselling author @theresabrown.bsky.social is joining us as a panelist. 🎉
Details:
📆Thursday, Sept 25
🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
💻Online
✨This event is free and open to the public
RSVP: buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
Details:
📆Thursday, Sept 25
🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
💻Online
✨This event is free and open to the public
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September 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Crafting a Story of Illness is in just 2 days! We are thrilled that nurse and bestselling author @theresabrown.bsky.social is joining us as a panelist. 🎉
Details:
📆Thursday, Sept 25
🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
💻Online
✨This event is free and open to the public
RSVP: buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
Details:
📆Thursday, Sept 25
🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
💻Online
✨This event is free and open to the public
RSVP: buytickets.at/bellevuelite...
BLR’s Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week’s read is “Mental Health Days” by Sakena Jwan Washington, from Issue 43: Recovery. ❤️🩹 @sakenajwan.bsky.social
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September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BLR’s Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week’s read is “Mental Health Days” by Sakena Jwan Washington, from Issue 43: Recovery. ❤️🩹 @sakenajwan.bsky.social
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We are excited to introduce Sandeep Jauhar as a panelist in next week's "Crafting a Story of Illness" event! 🎙️
Sandeep is a cardiologist at @northwellhealth.bsky.social and bestselling author.
Sandeep is a cardiologist at @northwellhealth.bsky.social and bestselling author.
September 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are excited to introduce Sandeep Jauhar as a panelist in next week's "Crafting a Story of Illness" event! 🎙️
Sandeep is a cardiologist at @northwellhealth.bsky.social and bestselling author.
Sandeep is a cardiologist at @northwellhealth.bsky.social and bestselling author.
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read—the story "White Space" by Amanda McCormick—recalls the chaos and confusion in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read—the story "White Space" by Amanda McCormick—recalls the chaos and confusion in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Learn more about this read: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about this read: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
We're thrilled to welcome @ranaawdish.bsky.social as a panelist in our upcoming "Crafting a Story of Illness" event! 🎙️
Rana is a pulmonary and critical care physician, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and an acclaimed author and speaker.
Rana is a pulmonary and critical care physician, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and an acclaimed author and speaker.
September 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We're thrilled to welcome @ranaawdish.bsky.social as a panelist in our upcoming "Crafting a Story of Illness" event! 🎙️
Rana is a pulmonary and critical care physician, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and an acclaimed author and speaker.
Rana is a pulmonary and critical care physician, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and an acclaimed author and speaker.
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "The James Webb Telescope Detects a Heartbeat" by Terry Tierney, from Issue 45. 🔭
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September 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "The James Webb Telescope Detects a Heartbeat" by Terry Tierney, from Issue 45. 🔭
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Ready for some new fall reading? 📖 🎉 Pre-order your copy of our upcoming theme issue, Animalia. Its pages are filled with meditations on what animals can teach us about being human.
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@emipasbeck.bsky.social @debkossmann.bsky.social
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September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ready for some new fall reading? 📖 🎉 Pre-order your copy of our upcoming theme issue, Animalia. Its pages are filled with meditations on what animals can teach us about being human.
Order your copy: blreview.org/product/blr-...
@emipasbeck.bsky.social @debkossmann.bsky.social
Order your copy: blreview.org/product/blr-...
@emipasbeck.bsky.social @debkossmann.bsky.social
Today's Weekly Read is "Letter to a Dead Mother" by Martha Silano, from Issue 44. Our editors were saddened to learn that Martha passed away this past May, a great loss to the literary community. ❤️🩹
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August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today's Weekly Read is "Letter to a Dead Mother" by Martha Silano, from Issue 44. Our editors were saddened to learn that Martha passed away this past May, a great loss to the literary community. ❤️🩹
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about this pick: blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
What better way to spend Labor Day than with polishing and submitting your writing?! 🙌
Submissions for BLR open on Monday, September 1st. 🎉Learn more about our submission guidelines: blreview.org/submit/
#literarymagazine #literaryjournal #writingsubmission
Submissions for BLR open on Monday, September 1st. 🎉Learn more about our submission guidelines: blreview.org/submit/
#literarymagazine #literaryjournal #writingsubmission
August 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What better way to spend Labor Day than with polishing and submitting your writing?! 🙌
Submissions for BLR open on Monday, September 1st. 🎉Learn more about our submission guidelines: blreview.org/submit/
#literarymagazine #literaryjournal #writingsubmission
Submissions for BLR open on Monday, September 1st. 🎉Learn more about our submission guidelines: blreview.org/submit/
#literarymagazine #literaryjournal #writingsubmission