Bellevue Literary Review

What an honor to be featured on PBS @NewsHour with a feature about our 25th anniversary! It's a lovely segment that highlights our pioneering editor @danielleofri, along with writers whose work sits at the intersection of health and the arts. pbs.org/newshour/show/…

The Bellevue Literary Review is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The journal has also grown into a larger literary arts organization with events, writing workshops and more. to.pbs.org/3PqhZm2

Cool to see @BLReview on PBS Newshour. A great journal I encourage those in healthcare to check out. Honored to have been published there back in 2024. Congrats on the anniversary! pbs.org/newshour/show/…

BLR Issue 50 is here! And to celebrate it, we're welcoming authors from the issue for a live reading. 📖 Join us online on Thursday, May 28, for an evening of new poems, stories, and essays, with a healthy dose of community and connection. tickettailor.com/events/bellevu…

This week, we explore intimate storytelling and the benefits of digging deeper for the benefit of art — and one another.📖 Three pieces from Issue 17 are highlighted here, as part of our 25th anniversary lookback: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

This week, we focus on the immense emotional landscape of illness, balancing the heavy and somber with the curiosity, humor, and imagination of the human spirit.📖 Three pieces from Issue 16 are highlighted here, as part of our 25th anniversary lookback: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

RT @The_Intima: For These Doctors, Medicine Is Also a Literary Journey A great feature by @DinaCheney to the world of narrative medicine fo…

"In moments of vulnerability, people turn to the arts." Thrilled to see this new @Medscape article that spotlights BLR and @The_Intima, and why creative writing matters in healthcare. 🩺🖊️ medscape.com/viewarticle/th…

We continue to celebrate National Poetry Month by highlighting poetry from BLR’s issues. Here, Brett Warren reads her moving poem “Vigil,” from BLR Issue 48. What a line: ”...until we see them meet / to exchange their robes.”  #nationalpoetrymonth #poetry #poetrycommunity

This week the spotlight turns to one of BLR's early theme issues, about abilities and disabilities.📖 Three pieces from Issue 15 are highlighted here, as part of our 25th anniversary lookback: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

Ready for some new spring reading? 🎉 Pre-order your copy of BLR's upcoming issue. Over 40 new: 📖POEMS 📖STORIES 📖ESSAYS This is our annual contest issue and—making it even more special—the first issue of our 25th anniversary year. Don't miss it! blreview.org/product/blr-is…

Happy #EarthDay!🌳 Like our editor Danielle Ofri (pictured), take a moment to step outside today — with or without a book! Also included is a poem—“You Will Feel a Pinch” by Marylen Grigas—from our theme issue on “Our Fragile Environment.” blreview.org/table-of-conte…

We were also thrilled to have Leslie Jamison read from her prizewinning story, “Letters to Michiko,” as part of our 20th anniversary celebration in 2021. Now we’re at 25—where does the time go?! youtu.be/ZOwJXSdMKB0?si…

Several of BLR's issues have featured early writing by authors who went on to great acclaim, including Abraham Verghese, Celeste Ng, and Leslie Jamison, who won our 2008 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction. Read Leslie's story in this week's Issue 14 highlight 📖blreview.org/issue-highligh…

Today's the day! Join us this evening for what's bound to be a thoughtful & stimulating conversation. If you RSVP, we will send you the recording even if you can't come live: tickettailor.com/events/bellevu…

Celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth means dipping back into BLR’s issues to find little gems. Even better is hearing the poem read by its author. Here is “When I Forget a Dose” by William Fargason, from BLR Issue 45 (Taking Care theme issue). blreview.org/table-of-conte…

You're invited! 🎉 Join BLR this Thurs, April 16, for Mapping the Mind, a dynamic live conversation with Susannah Cahalan, Sarah LaBrie, Damon Tweedy, and BLR editor Danielle Ofri about writing the inner life. tickettailor.com/events/bellevu…

BLR Issue 13's cover featured Michi Yasumura (shown at left on the full cover), who had worked at Bellevue Hospital when the photo was taken in the 1950s. Fast forward to 2007 and Michi — then in her 90s — traveled to NYC to be part of the issue launch reading.💕 #throwback (2/2)

BLR Issue 13 was on the theme of “Growing Older.” What began as a special issue about becoming old transformed into a collection of meditations on the ongoing process of aging. blreview.org/issue-highligh… (1/2)

Looking for your next great read? FIRE EXIT by @Morgan_J_Talty is the first pick of the new BLR Book Club 📖 We'd love for you to read along with us this spring! Learn more: blreview.org/blr-book-club/ #whattoread #ReadersCommunity