Bellevue Literary Review

Throughout our 25th anniversary year 🎉, we're taking a look back through the BLR archive. Issue 10 was BLR's first contest issue, with winners chosen by Abraham Verghese, Edward Hirsch & Ray Gonzalez. Read our inaugural winners & more about the issue: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

We’re excited to announce our first pick for the BLR Book Club: FIRE EXIT by @Morgan_J_Talty. It’s a book that’s as provocative as it is heartbreaking. 📖 To get the book: bookshop.org/a/87413/978196… 📖 For more info: blreview.org/blr-book-club #reading #readingcommunity #bookclub

In this week's featured poem, "Silence = Death" by Rafael Campo, a patient's T-shirt brings back vivid memories of the height of the AIDS epidemic. blreview.org/poetry/silence…

This week's featured essay, "The Only Fat Man in Lascahobas" by Evan Lyon, interweaves the opulent life of a local funeral director in Haiti with vodou rituals and the death of a poor man with tuberculosis and AIDS. blreview.org/nonfiction/the…

Throughout our 25th anniversary year 🎉, we're taking a look back through the BLR archive, with special highlights from each of our issues. Issue 9 was BLR's first theme issue, with a special section titled "Plagues & Pens: Writers Examine Infectious Diseases." 🧵

Looking forward to being in conversation about writing and illness with Porochista Khakpour and Rebekah Taussig for "Writing the Body" — thanks to @BLReview for hosting us. RSVP here for a free ticket/recording: tickettailor.com/events/bellevu…

Four authors. One fascinating conversation.✨We're thrilled to welcome @PKhakpour @meghanor & Rebekah Taussig for a live online panel with BLR editor @danielleofri on March 26. Free - RSVP today! tickettailor.com/events/bellevu…

Virginia Chase Sutton's "Lithium and the Absence of Desire" poetically explores medication's side effects ("You have no idea what you are giving away..."). blreview.org/poetry/lithium…

The late Seth Carey's essay, "The Absolute Worst Thing," takes a bittersweet look at his life with ALS. blreview.org/nonfiction/the…

Throughout our 25th anniversary year 🎉, we're taking a look back through the BLR archive, with special highlights from each of our issues. 📖 In our Issue 8 highlight, we feature writing by John Thompson, Seth Carey, and Virginia Chase Sutton. blreview.org/issue-highligh…

Join us for a shared reading experience! This spring, we’ll read a compelling book together, slowly, thoughtfully, and deeply. Stay tuned to find out what book we’ll be reading...📚 Learn more: blreview.org/blr-book-club/

The cover of BLR Issue 7 is one of our favorites, illustrating the striking quality of natural-light photography and its ability to capture a moment. We are grateful to @BellevueHosp archives for the photos that grace our older covers. More info is here: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

Throughout our anniversary year 🎉, we're inviting you on a journey through the BLR archive, with stories, poems, photos, and more. This week features Issue 7 highlights from from authors Hollis Seamon, Robin Fast, and Sandra Giedeman. More: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

We reopen to submissions on March 1! 🖊️ Fiction, nonfiction, poetry 🖊️ General submission & the BLR Literary Prizes 🖊️ More at blreview.org/submit/

Our anniversary lookback this week includes Issue 6 highlights, including @Ronnawineberg's lovely foreword. For more, check out our full issue blog post ✍️ blreview.org/issue-highligh…

Throughout our anniversary year 🎉, we're inviting you on a journey through the BLR archive, with stories, poems, photos, and more. This week features Issue 6 highlights from from authors Suzanne McConnell, Charles Barber, and Halvard Johnson. More: blreview.org/issue-highligh…

Sunday's show @CityWineryNYC with @BLReview has sold out, and we're excited that PBS News Hour is sending a crew to cover it! Thanks to our advance ticket holders. Please check writersread.org for upcoming deadlines and events.

Celebrating Valentine's Day by honoring all the ways we love and care for one another. 💕 You can find "Valentine" by Chelsea Krieg in BLR Issue 30. (And huge congratulations to Chelsea, whose debut collection, Everything is Water, will be published by TRP this spring 🎉)