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Throughout our anniversary year 🎉, BLR is excited to revisit a selection of pieces from our issues. This week features highlights from Issue 4, which was also home to early fiction by Abraham Verghese and poems by James Tate. 📖 Learn more: blreview.org/issue-highli...
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Throughout our anniversary year 🎉, BLR is excited to revisit a selection of pieces from our issues. This week features highlights from Issue 4, which was also home to early fiction by Abraham Verghese and poems by James Tate. 📖 Learn more: blreview.org/issue-highli...
In her powerful essay “Exene,” Kate Broad describes how a cat rescued by her estranged brother becomes her last link to him after he takes his own life. Kate shared an excerpt from her essay at our reading for Issue 49, on the theme of Animalia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Iz...
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
In her powerful essay “Exene,” Kate Broad describes how a cat rescued by her estranged brother becomes her last link to him after he takes his own life. Kate shared an excerpt from her essay at our reading for Issue 49, on the theme of Animalia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Iz...
Throughout our anniversary year 🎉, BLR is excited to revisit a selection of pieces from our issues. This week features highlights from Issue 3, which was also home to poems by Julia Alvarez, Cortney Davis, Rick Moody, and more. 📖 Learn more: blreview.org/news/recent-...
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Throughout our anniversary year 🎉, BLR is excited to revisit a selection of pieces from our issues. This week features highlights from Issue 3, which was also home to poems by Julia Alvarez, Cortney Davis, Rick Moody, and more. 📖 Learn more: blreview.org/news/recent-...
To celebrate our 25th anniversary 🎉, BLR is excited to share highlights from our issues all year long. This week features a story, poem, and essay from our second issue, which also included two previously unpublished poems by Charles Bukowski.
Explore more: blreview.org/issue-highli...
Explore more: blreview.org/issue-highli...
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
To celebrate our 25th anniversary 🎉, BLR is excited to share highlights from our issues all year long. This week features a story, poem, and essay from our second issue, which also included two previously unpublished poems by Charles Bukowski.
Explore more: blreview.org/issue-highli...
Explore more: blreview.org/issue-highli...
Reviving #flashbackfriday for a moment! As our 25th anniversary year kicks off, we've been taking a walk down memory lane -- here is BLR's inaugural team, fresh off learning how to publish a literary journal, in 2001. 📖
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Reviving #flashbackfriday for a moment! As our 25th anniversary year kicks off, we've been taking a walk down memory lane -- here is BLR's inaugural team, fresh off learning how to publish a literary journal, in 2001. 📖
Brave the cold on Feb. 22 and join us for an afternoon storytelling event! In collaboration with Writers Read, we'll have an amazing group of writers reading their 5 minute true-life stories about heal, illness, and healing.
Feb. 22, 1 p.m., @CityWineryNYC
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Feb. 22, 1 p.m., @CityWineryNYC
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January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Brave the cold on Feb. 22 and join us for an afternoon storytelling event! In collaboration with Writers Read, we'll have an amazing group of writers reading their 5 minute true-life stories about heal, illness, and healing.
Feb. 22, 1 p.m., @CityWineryNYC
tickets.citywinery.com/event/writer...
Feb. 22, 1 p.m., @CityWineryNYC
tickets.citywinery.com/event/writer...
To celebrate our 25th anniversary 🎉, BLR is excited to revisit a selection of pieces from past issues. This week we're taking a look back our inaugural issue. 🧵
For more, check out our full issue blog post 📝 blreview.org/issue-highli...
For more, check out our full issue blog post 📝 blreview.org/issue-highli...
January 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM
To celebrate our 25th anniversary 🎉, BLR is excited to revisit a selection of pieces from past issues. This week we're taking a look back our inaugural issue. 🧵
For more, check out our full issue blog post 📝 blreview.org/issue-highli...
For more, check out our full issue blog post 📝 blreview.org/issue-highli...
Delight Chinenye Ejiaka shares a moving, relatable story about beauty standards in our live storytelling event, which you can now watch online! 🙌
Enjoy stories about the complex relationship between our bodies and society, all inspired by BLR's issue on Body Politic. 🎤 youtu.be/jGkE4h2YaUw?...
Enjoy stories about the complex relationship between our bodies and society, all inspired by BLR's issue on Body Politic. 🎤 youtu.be/jGkE4h2YaUw?...
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Delight Chinenye Ejiaka shares a moving, relatable story about beauty standards in our live storytelling event, which you can now watch online! 🙌
Enjoy stories about the complex relationship between our bodies and society, all inspired by BLR's issue on Body Politic. 🎤 youtu.be/jGkE4h2YaUw?...
Enjoy stories about the complex relationship between our bodies and society, all inspired by BLR's issue on Body Politic. 🎤 youtu.be/jGkE4h2YaUw?...
We are thrilled to be highlighted in @pw.org with an article—"The Literature of Illness, Healing"—that chronicles BLR's beginnings and evolution over the past 25 years. 📖
What a way to start our anniversary year! You can read the full article here: www.pw.org/content/the_...
What a way to start our anniversary year! You can read the full article here: www.pw.org/content/the_...
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are thrilled to be highlighted in @pw.org with an article—"The Literature of Illness, Healing"—that chronicles BLR's beginnings and evolution over the past 25 years. 📖
What a way to start our anniversary year! You can read the full article here: www.pw.org/content/the_...
What a way to start our anniversary year! You can read the full article here: www.pw.org/content/the_...
The holidays are fast approaching... and so is our submission deadline! Get your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction neat as a bow and send it in by December 31 at 11:59pm ET. 🖋️ We can't wait to read your writing!
Learn about our guidelines and submit your work here: blreview.org/submit/
Learn about our guidelines and submit your work here: blreview.org/submit/
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The holidays are fast approaching... and so is our submission deadline! Get your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction neat as a bow and send it in by December 31 at 11:59pm ET. 🖋️ We can't wait to read your writing!
Learn about our guidelines and submit your work here: blreview.org/submit/
Learn about our guidelines and submit your work here: blreview.org/submit/
Poet Michele Evans is all smiles with her copy of BLR Issue 49, on the theme of Animalia. Looks like she has the perfect reading room with the lovely lighting and photos behind her. 📖
Grab a copy to read her poem, "southern, black, & widowed": blreview.org/product/blr-... @awordsmithie.bsky.social
Grab a copy to read her poem, "southern, black, & widowed": blreview.org/product/blr-... @awordsmithie.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Poet Michele Evans is all smiles with her copy of BLR Issue 49, on the theme of Animalia. Looks like she has the perfect reading room with the lovely lighting and photos behind her. 📖
Grab a copy to read her poem, "southern, black, & widowed": blreview.org/product/blr-... @awordsmithie.bsky.social
Grab a copy to read her poem, "southern, black, & widowed": blreview.org/product/blr-... @awordsmithie.bsky.social
To say that we were saddened to learn of the passing of Jerome Lowenstein, MD, is an understatement. Jerry was our founding nonfiction editor, one of the original sparks that led to BLR’s creation. ❤️🩹
Visit our blog to learn more about Jerry and his impact: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
Visit our blog to learn more about Jerry and his impact: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
To say that we were saddened to learn of the passing of Jerome Lowenstein, MD, is an understatement. Jerry was our founding nonfiction editor, one of the original sparks that led to BLR’s creation. ❤️🩹
Visit our blog to learn more about Jerry and his impact: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
Visit our blog to learn more about Jerry and his impact: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding piece from our archive. This week's read is "What Is Buried Beneath" by Kati Eisenhuth, from our theme issue on Taking Care and received a Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize Anthology. 🩺 @katieisenhuth.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding piece from our archive. This week's read is "What Is Buried Beneath" by Kati Eisenhuth, from our theme issue on Taking Care and received a Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize Anthology. 🩺 @katieisenhuth.bsky.social
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blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Want to incorporate creativity into your clinical life? 🩺✏️
The deadline for our new creative program, Art in Medicine, is Dec 8! 🎉
✨ 90-minute seminars using discussion, personal writing, and creative exercises
✨ No artistic experience needed!
📆 Apply by December 8, 5:00 p.m. ET
The deadline for our new creative program, Art in Medicine, is Dec 8! 🎉
✨ 90-minute seminars using discussion, personal writing, and creative exercises
✨ No artistic experience needed!
📆 Apply by December 8, 5:00 p.m. ET
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Want to incorporate creativity into your clinical life? 🩺✏️
The deadline for our new creative program, Art in Medicine, is Dec 8! 🎉
✨ 90-minute seminars using discussion, personal writing, and creative exercises
✨ No artistic experience needed!
📆 Apply by December 8, 5:00 p.m. ET
The deadline for our new creative program, Art in Medicine, is Dec 8! 🎉
✨ 90-minute seminars using discussion, personal writing, and creative exercises
✨ No artistic experience needed!
📆 Apply by December 8, 5:00 p.m. ET
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First time I’ve been nominated for #pushcartprize and am so happy it’s for an essay from the book I’m working on now. Thanks to @blreview.bsky.social for publishing it and for your support. @triohousepress.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
First time I’ve been nominated for #pushcartprize and am so happy it’s for an essay from the book I’m working on now. Thanks to @blreview.bsky.social for publishing it and for your support. @triohousepress.org
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Thanks so much! I'm honored by the nomination.
Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, "Complications of Captivity"
Joseph Radke, Ph.D., "When Your Backache Returns"
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Nancy Kay Peterson, "Chance in Ukraine"
Joseph Radke, Ph.D., "When Your Backache Returns"
@josephradke.com
Nancy Kay Peterson, "Chance in Ukraine"
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thanks so much! I'm honored by the nomination.
BLR is delighted to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominees. 🎉 Congratulations and best of luck to these six nominees, and thank you to all BLR contributors for sharing your poems, essays, and stories in our pages! 📖
Chinaecherem Obor, "Bushmeat"
Daniel Reiss, "Finding Honey"
Kate Broad, "Exene"
Chinaecherem Obor, "Bushmeat"
Daniel Reiss, "Finding Honey"
Kate Broad, "Exene"
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BLR is delighted to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominees. 🎉 Congratulations and best of luck to these six nominees, and thank you to all BLR contributors for sharing your poems, essays, and stories in our pages! 📖
Chinaecherem Obor, "Bushmeat"
Daniel Reiss, "Finding Honey"
Kate Broad, "Exene"
Chinaecherem Obor, "Bushmeat"
Daniel Reiss, "Finding Honey"
Kate Broad, "Exene"
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Forty-One Months" by Will McGrath, which won BLR's Prize for Nonfiction in 2014. 📖
Read the fully essay: blreview.org/nonfiction/f...
Read the fully essay: blreview.org/nonfiction/f...
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Forty-One Months" by Will McGrath, which won BLR's Prize for Nonfiction in 2014. 📖
Read the fully essay: blreview.org/nonfiction/f...
Read the fully essay: blreview.org/nonfiction/f...
We are thrilled to announce that BLR has received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for FY 2026. 🎉
Our deepest thanks to New York State Council on the Arts, @governor.ny.gov, and the NYS Legislature. 🙏
Thank you NYSCA for your continued advocacy for the arts and culture! 💕
Our deepest thanks to New York State Council on the Arts, @governor.ny.gov, and the NYS Legislature. 🙏
Thank you NYSCA for your continued advocacy for the arts and culture! 💕
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We are thrilled to announce that BLR has received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for FY 2026. 🎉
Our deepest thanks to New York State Council on the Arts, @governor.ny.gov, and the NYS Legislature. 🙏
Thank you NYSCA for your continued advocacy for the arts and culture! 💕
Our deepest thanks to New York State Council on the Arts, @governor.ny.gov, and the NYS Legislature. 🙏
Thank you NYSCA for your continued advocacy for the arts and culture! 💕
The editors of BLR were saddened to hear of the death of Hal Sirowitz, who passed away on October 17, 2025, of complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Hal will be sorely missed. 🙏 Read some of his work: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
Hal will be sorely missed. 🙏 Read some of his work: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The editors of BLR were saddened to hear of the death of Hal Sirowitz, who passed away on October 17, 2025, of complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Hal will be sorely missed. 🙏 Read some of his work: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
Hal will be sorely missed. 🙏 Read some of his work: blreview.org/blog/remembe...
Ready for the big news? We are excited to congratulate our BLR prizewinners, selected by judges Patricia Spears Jones, Nicole Chung, and Joan Silber. 🎉
Poetry: Dara Laine (winner) and Miranda Saake (honorable mention)
Poetry: Dara Laine (winner) and Miranda Saake (honorable mention)
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ready for the big news? We are excited to congratulate our BLR prizewinners, selected by judges Patricia Spears Jones, Nicole Chung, and Joan Silber. 🎉
Poetry: Dara Laine (winner) and Miranda Saake (honorable mention)
Poetry: Dara Laine (winner) and Miranda Saake (honorable mention)
Calling all healthcare trainees! 📣 Want more creativity in your life?
BLR's new year-long program, Art in Medicine, is a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines invested in creativity and reflection.
📆 Apply by Dec 3, 2025, 5:00 pm ET
❗Space is limited
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BLR's new year-long program, Art in Medicine, is a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines invested in creativity and reflection.
📆 Apply by Dec 3, 2025, 5:00 pm ET
❗Space is limited
blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Calling all healthcare trainees! 📣 Want more creativity in your life?
BLR's new year-long program, Art in Medicine, is a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines invested in creativity and reflection.
📆 Apply by Dec 3, 2025, 5:00 pm ET
❗Space is limited
blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
BLR's new year-long program, Art in Medicine, is a space for trainees across healthcare disciplines invested in creativity and reflection.
📆 Apply by Dec 3, 2025, 5:00 pm ET
❗Space is limited
blreview.org/blr-art-in-m...
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. 📖
Learn more about this pick:
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Learn more about this pick:
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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. 📖
Learn more about this pick:
blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
Learn more about this pick:
blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
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. 📖
blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
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. 📖
blreview.org/blog/weekly-...
blreview.org/blog/weekly-...