blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It'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 010
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary 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-highli... 001
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This 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-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ready 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-... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Why 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) www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"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 BLR editor Danielle Ofri. When ordinary words fail, turning to literature & art can help. blreview.org/blog/remembe... 011
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—is entitled "Dis/Placement" and showcases pieces that conjure the geographical and emotional sense of belonging elsewhere. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 010
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We are thrilled to share that BLR Board Member (and author) Perri Klass will receive the 2026 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community from @nationalbook.bsky.social Read about her impact & join us in congratulating Perri! 📚🩺🫶 www.nationalbook.org/national-boo...nationalbook.orgNational Book Foundation to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Perri KlassThe National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, today announced pediatrician, writer, and National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Perri Klass, MD, as the recipient of the ... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's been a thrill to look back through our issues this year, as part of our 25th anniversary 🎉 This week, we're sharing Issue 34. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Congrats to Suzanne McConnell on the publication of her story collection, IF YOU THINK YOUR HEART CAN TAKE IT. (Great title!) 🎉 Suzanne was not only BLR's longtime fiction editor but a BLR author, with her story “High Water Mark” appearing in Issue 6. bookshop.org/a/87413/9781... 100
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—focuses on finding home in family and connections, with stories, essays, and poems that dive into this universal theme. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 011
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Writers, get ready! ✒️ Starting Tuesday, September 1, we will be accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for general submissions, as well as our next theme issue on Migrations. Learn more: blreview.org/submit/ #literarymagazine #literaryjournal #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #callforsubmissions 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It's always a pleasure for our editors to meet a BLR author, but even more special when it's unexpected! This past week, BLR fiction editor @dwycheng.bsky.social met poet Judith Fox at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. ✨️ Judith's poetry has appeared in several issues of BLR, most recently #50. 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—includes writings that showcase the nuances of relationships as they are impacted by illness. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniversary lookback—focuses on the art of memory, with stories, essays & poems that dive into this timeless theme. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 100
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Though we're not ready to let summer go just yet, we are looking ahead to September 🍂 and the incredible slate of creative & community-focused events BLR has coming up. We hope you'll be inspired to join us! Learn more: blreview.org/blog/#events 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— marks a chapter closing on BLR's archival cover photos, plus includes a tribute to Oliver Sacks, the noted author & physician (& longtime BLR friend). Read a highlighted story, poem, & essay, plus more: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— marks a chapter closing on BLR's archival cover photos, plus includes a tribute to Oliver Sacks, the noted author & physician (& longtime BLR friend). Read a highlighted story, poem, & essay, plus more: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 05/08/2026At BLR, we believe that dreams are made of... our supporters! 🌟 Many of you have been with us from the start. Like Dr. Richard Bronson, a physician & poet, who has been a BLR subscriber since Issue 1 in 2001! Have a photo of you w/ your favorite issue? We invite you to email it to info@blreview.org. 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— focuses on the ramifications of war, with stories, essays, and poems that trace war's reach far beyond the battlefield. Read three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 29/07/2026😍 This gorgeous spot overlooking the Salish Sea was shared with us by a BLR reviewer who paused for a moment on her semi-annual hike. A perfect place for a poem or story! What's the most beautiful spot you've ever read a book? (Or read BLR!) 📚️ #reading #travel 010
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Mark your calendar to join us for poetry in the park! Hear BLR editor Danielle Ofri & poet Thomas Dooley read poems on healing in this beloved series hosted by past BLR poetry editor, Jason Schneiderman. 🔹 Free, open to all blreview.org/events/celeb... 010
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This week's featured issue of BLR "offers a literary jaunt through unusual locales and intriguing set-ups," editor Danielle Ofri notes in her foreword. Thanks for joining us on our jaunt through the BLR archive as part of our 25th anniversary celebration! 🎉 blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniv lookback— explores our fragile environment, with pieces that convey the power of our surroundings & their impact on our lives & health. Enjoy three issue highlights, with more to explore in our weekly blog post: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 14/07/2026How can creativity help us make sense of medicine’s complexities? Join BLR for an engaging class that explores how art and literature can be guides for navigating the unsettling waters of illness, caregiving, and healing. 🗓️ Sept. 24, 7 p.m. ET 💻 Online 🔷 $25 www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This week's issue highlight looks back at past contest winners, including a story that went on to win a Pushcart Prize (and that might also take the prize for most unique title!): "Death Defiant Bomba or What to Wear When Your Boo Gets Cancer" by Lilliam Rivera. blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Missed our latest BookTalk with award-winning author Morgan Talty? Watch it now! 📚️ In this wide-ranging conversation, Morgan talks with BLR editors Danielle Ofri & Doris W. Cheng about his novel FIRE EXIT, narrative voice, identity, and much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuaj... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— focuses on the rich perspective of literature rooted in multiculturalism. Enjoy three highlights from Issue 25, with more to explore in our weekly blog post that journeys through the BLR archive: blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Writers!⌛️Submit by end of day *tomorrow, July 1* for general submissions and the 2027 BLR Prizes. We can't wait to read your work! blreview.org/submit/ #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #writing 020
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🎉 BLR is thrilled to announce that “Two Thoracotomies” by Angela Tang-Tan has won a Pushcart Prize! Angela’s essay — from BLR Issue 49, our "Animalia" theme issue — parallels her experience in a research lab with a devastating overnight shift in the emergency room. blreview.org/news/recent-... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 29/06/2026"Running a literary magazine was not in my academic game plan...." In a new article from The Lancet, our editor @danielleofri.bsky.social shares how a kernel of an idea about the importance of patient stories turned into a literary publication 25 years ago 📖🩺 danielleofri.com/why-medicine... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Life has its storms—in some cases, literally. 💦 This week's featured issue of BLR was published in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and includes a series of recollections from frontline students and resident doctors, plus a mix of poetry, fiction, & nonfiction. blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"Some things happen over years. Others occur in seconds—and replace who you were with someone you never met." In need of a boost of perspective on life's many versions of you? In this video, Judith Hannah Weiss reads from her moving BLR essay "Dispatch from Bewilderness." youtube.com/shorts/lolZW... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— touches on themes of family and fragility. Enjoy three highlights from Issue 23, with more to explore in our weekly blog post that journeys through the BLR archive: blreview.org/issue-highli... #poetry #fiction #nonfiction 030
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It's an exciting time to be part of the BLR community, with new releases & milestones from our authors. 🎉 A few highlights—including recent @penamerica.bsky.social awards for Aracelis Girmay & Pria Anand—are shown here, plus there’s even more in our recent roundup: tinyurl.com/34cjy225 010
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— showcases winners of our annual contest and much more. The BLR Prizes for this issue were selected by judges Francine Prose, Cornelius Eady, and Susan Orlean. blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Tonight! 🔥 We're thrilled to host @morgantalty.bsky.social for a BLR BookTalk about his riveting novel FIRE EXIT. Come if you love books, talking about books, and going behind the scenes with authors! (Free, 7pm ET) www.tickettailor.com/events/belle...tickettailor.comRSVP for link – BLR BookTalk: Morgan Talty with Danielle Ofri and Doris W. Cheng – ZoomBLR BookTalk: Morgan Talty with Danielle Ofri and Doris W. Cheng – Zoom, Thu Jun 11, 2026 - ABOUT THE EVENT: BLR BookTalks bring together writers and editors for wide-ranging conversations about craft... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Get those final edits done! 📢 Both general & contest submissions will be closing July 1. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction on health, illness, & healing. This year's contest judges are the remarkable Natalie Diaz, Daniel Mason, & Meghan O'Rourke. blreview.org/submit/ #poetry #fiction #cnf 010
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Fascinated by the writing journey? Love deep-diving into books and creativity? Join us this Thursday for a live, online conversation with author @morgantalty.bsky.social and BLR editors @danielleofri.bsky.social & @dwycheng.bsky.social Free, RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. BLR was proud to partner with @northwellhealth.bsky.social Center for Gun Violence Prevention on a multimedia project exploring how we can bring the arts into the conversation when grappling with the enormity of gun violence. blreview.org/table-of-con... 011
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 05/06/2026 This week's featured issue of BLR — Issue 21 — takes us back to our 10-year anniv, a milestone that was shared by Bellevue Hospital's 275th. This expanded issue contains "Illness as Muse," an essay by Rafael Campo highlighted here as part of our 25th anniv lookback. blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Looking for your next literary escape? With Book Clubs on our mind — BLR's first one just wrapped! — here are some recommended reads from our editorial team, from memoir to poetry to fiction. See more of our picks here: blreview.org/blog/what-we... #read #reading #whattoread 120
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Writers: please note that our Submittable site appears to be down this morning. We've reached out to them and hope to have it back up as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience. 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Attention, book lovers! The next BLR BookTalk features @morgantalty.bsky.social, the award-winning author of FIRE EXIT, who will be joined in conversation by BLR's @danielleofri.bsky.social & @dwycheng.bsky.social 🗓️ Thurs, June 11, 7pm ET 💻 Online, free ✨ RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"Literature has always offered succor to patients, families, and caregivers with an intensity that far supersedes the mere scratches of ink on the page." This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— includes a very special dedication and much more. blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Hope you'll join us tomorrow for a live online reading to celebrate BLR's new issue and meet the authors! 📖Hear from readers, including the winners of the 2026 BLR Prizes, as they read from their poems, stories, and essays. RSVP for the link: tinyurl.com/blrspring26 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 26/05/2026"It’s okay if you’re late, they understand...” - Amy Haddad’s "The Day After Memorial Day,” from BLR Issue 10. blreview.org/poetry/the-d... #poetry #poem #memorialday 041
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Literary journals help nurture writers' careers. This week's featured issue includes early writing by authors who went on to become national bestsellers: Kali Fajardo-Anstine & Celeste Ng, whose story is highlighted here as part of our 25th anniversary lookback. blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 20/05/2026🎉 25 years 📖 10,000 pages 🖊️ 2,000 writers, editors, reviewers, and artists 👥 Countless readers, audience members, community connections Join BLR's $25 for 25 campaign to help celebrate this milestone and carry our work forward into the next 25 years! tinyurl.com/BLR25for25 000
blreview.bsky.social @blreview.bsky.social · 16/05/2026This week, we revisit one of our early contest issues.📖 Three pieces from Issue 18 are highlighted here, as part of our 25th anniversary lookback. Fun fact: poet Amanda Auchter is the only contest winner to ever be awarded 1st place & honorable mention in the same year! blreview.org/issue-highli... 000
