An independent literary journal of fiction, nonfiction, & poetry about health, illness, & healing. Issue 50, featuring the 2026 BLR Prizewinners, coming soon.
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We’ve got a sneak peek from BLR's new issue! Here’s an excerpt from Yan Ruan’s story “The River,” in which a lonely mortician receives a prophecy that she’ll die in seven days.
Get your copy of our 25th anniversary issue for even more new writing! 🎉 blreview.org/product/blr-iss…
This week's feat. issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—revisits past BLR Prizewinners.📚️ Read three winners: "Step-Down" by Nitin K. Ahuja, "In My Head" by Avra Aron, & "Drought Pastoral" by Michael M. Weinstein, plus more in our weekly blog post. blreview.org/issue-highlight…
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Take some time to browse new issues out this month from @AfterDinnerCon, @GAY_ALOCASIA, @ANMLY_LIT, @BLReview, @ChestnutReview, @Orion_Magazine, @spaceandtimemag, @WTRlitmag, and more CLMP members! clmp.org/news/october-2026-r…
📣 We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the new BLR Editorial Fellowship. This year-long mentorship program is designed to introduce writers to editorial pathways & support literary engagement and citizenship.
🗓️ Deadline: Dec. 31. tinyurl.com/blrfellowship
This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—marked BLR's 20th anniversary. An expanded issue, it included an editorial roundtable with the BLR team and new writing by over 50 authors. Read 3 issue highlights & more in our weekly post: blreview.org/issue-highlight…
TONIGHT! 🎉 Join us for a live reading to celebrate BLR’s 25th anniversary issue, as we welcome the issue's authors to share their stories, poems, and essays. (Plus, enjoy an evening of community 👥 and connection!)
RSVP, free: tickettailor.com/events/bell…
Looking for a unique opportunity to write about health, illness, and healing? Join BLR’s upcoming online workshop, led by @srnigliazzo, to explore haiku as a practice of presence and attention. (Dec. 3 @ 7pm, online, $45) tickettailor.com/events/bell…
This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—revisits past BLR Prizewinners, including "Tattoos" by Galen Schram, "The Tapeworm" by Amy V. Blakemore, & "Never the Less" by Saleem Hue Penny. Read these & more in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highlight…
Please join us for BLR's 25th anniversary celebration on November 12 at the historic Century Club in NYC. 🎉 We will honor BLR’s 25 years as well as our visionary founding editor-in-chief, @danielleofri.
We'd love to see you there!
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This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—is "Reading the Body," a theme issue on the body & how it speaks to us. (It was also the first issue of BLR to be published independently!) Read 3 issue highlights & more in our weekly post: blreview.org/issue-highlight…
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A hundred years ago, Virginia Woolf published her second most famous essay, “On Being Ill.” Written during a prolonged bout of illness the previous fall, Woolf asked why sickness—an unavoidable feature of human experience—is represented so rarely and inadequately in literature. “It becomes strange indeed that illness has not taken its place with love, battle, and jealousy among the prime themes of literature,” she wrote. Now Hermione Hoby writes, “The intervening century has qualified, if hardly refuted, the claim that sickness is neglected in fiction.” Hoby assesses how writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Albert Camus, Lena Dunham, and more have portrayed sickness in literature—and why we’re still struggling to put physical suffering into words: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/td…
BLR's 25th Anniversary Issue is here! 🎉 And to celebrate it, we're welcoming authors from the issue for a live reading. 📖
Join us online on Thurs, 10/22, for an evening of new poems, stories, & essays, plus the joy of community & connection.
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This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—revisits past BLR Prizewinners, with more to explore in our weekly blog post. Plus, the colorful WWII-inspired cover has a story of its own. 🎨 blreview.org/issue-highlight…
It's an exciting time to be part of the BLR community, with new releases & milestones from our authors. 🎉 A few highlights are shown here, plus there’s even more in our recent roundup: tinyurl.com/blrauthornews
This week's ft. issue—part of our 25th anniv lookback—is entitled "A Good Life" & showcases poetry & prose that looks deeply at the joys & complications of our individual worlds. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highlight…
Ever wondered whether a "Creativity in Medicine" workshop is for you? Well, the answer is yes! We invite you to join us Thursday for a workshop that explores how art & literature can be used to to consider medicine’s complexities. 🎨✒️🩺🥼
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This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—revisits the 2019 BLR Prizewinners, with more to explore in our weekly blog post. Plus, the most spring-like cover 🌸 in BLR's history! blreview.org/issue-highlight…
Ready to welcome your fall days with a great new read? 📖 🎉 Pre-order your copy of BLR's upcoming 25th anniversary issue! In addition to a stellar mix of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, check out all the extras in this special expanded issue! blreview.org/product/blr-iss…
Why does medicine need creativity? Join BLR’s upcoming online workshop to discover how art and literature can be accessible guides for navigating the often unsettling waters of illness, caregiving, and healing. (Sept. 24 @ 7pm, online, $25) tickettailor.com/events/bell…
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"Today marks 25 years since the devastating 9/11 attacks. Even after all these years, it still feels impossible to wrap one’s mind around the enormity...of that day," writes editor @danielleofri. When ordinary words fail, turning to literature can help. blreview.org/blog/rememberin…
