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An independent literary journal of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about health, illness, and healing. Issue 49 is coming this fall.
New York, New York
Joined September 2010
BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Fast-Thinning Throng" by Rachel Hadas, from BLR's 10th anniversary issue. 📖. Learn more about this pick and read the full poem:
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A beautiful meditation from Nicholas Samaras on memory and how we identify ourselves through what we choose to remember. Informed by his tumultuous nomadic childhood, Samaras' work primarily explores what he calls "writing from permanent exile." ✏️
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The summer nights may be cooling off, but writing season is about to start! Submissions for BLR open September 1st. 🎉Learn more about our submission guidelines:
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BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Motherhood Requiem," an essay by Nadia Ghent from Issue 40. 📖. Learn more about this pick and read the full essay:
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Looking back on all the summer vacations BLR has gone on. It's the perfect beach and picnic companion!☀️.#literarymagazine #literaryjournal
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We've all watched as arts funding is being slashed. They aren’t just policy decisions—they’re efforts to silence voices. Subscriptions are an effective way to sustain the work, offering dependable support to fund programs. We hope you consider subscribing.
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BLR's Weekly Read brings you one outstanding piece from our archive. This week's read is "If Brains Was Gas" by Abraham Verghese —physician, professor, and bestselling author. This story, from Issue 4, was one of his earliest fiction publications. 📖.
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"How you define yourself? I have my very real, holistic answer, which is to try to heal and try to be part of other people's healing."❤️🩹.Congrats to Asst Poetry Editor Saleem Hue Penny on a beautiful feature with the @MellonFdn for Disability Pride Month.
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RT @danielleofri: It’s hard to convey how grieved my colleagues and I feel by the evisceration of CDC, NIH et al. It’s like a death in the….
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Federal public health institutions were revered by the medical community. That’s rapidly changing.
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Join us for a live online convo with four best-selling medical authors.🎉. These storytellers—with perspectives as clinicians, patients, & caregivers—will explore how narrative creates empathy & connection. 📆 Thurs, Sept 25.🕐 7 - 8PM EDT, Online.✨Free.
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BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. 📖. This week's read is "Etymology of Chlorophyll" by Caroline Harper New, which won BLR's John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry in 2023, selected by judge Phillip B. Williams. ✨
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This past May, Editor-in-Chief.@danielleofri interviewed acclaimed essayist and journalist Anne Fadiman in New York City at BLR's 2025 Book Salon. 🎙️📖 . Anne discussed her career, her books, writing tips, and more. Watch the Book Salon now:
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We're excited to share that BLR has been awarded a 2025 grant from the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund!🎉.Thank you to the Amazon Literary Partnership and the CLMP for their support and work to empower writers & publishers. Congrats to the other recipients!! 👏.
In alliance with #AmazonLiteraryPartnership, we're thrilled to announce the 2025 grant recipients of the Literary Magazine Fund!.
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Leo woke up from his cat nap to tell you how much he's enjoying BLR Issue 48. 🩵. More about the issue:.📖 Grab your copy: 💻 Spring Reading: 🔖 Read its winning pieces: #literarymagazine #literaryjournal
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New Submission Opportunity 🎉 Share your poignant, funny, heartening, even troubling medical story for a chance to perform it live in NYC. Submissions close November 1st, so start writing! . Learn more: In partnership with @WritersReadOrg
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BLR's Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week's read is "Letter from a Code Talker, 1945" by Sean Sam, from Issue 47. 📖 Read the full poem and learn more about this Weekly Read:
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Captivated by Pria Anand's work? Us too! That’s why we were so excited for editor @danielleofri to sit down with the author and neurologist for our latest BookTalk. 🎙️.Watch the full conversation:
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If you're interested in writing about health, illness, and healing, we've got just the place for you! 👏Introducing BLR’s "Creative Writing in Healthcare" Facebook Group, where you can share writing for feedback and get writing tips from BLR! Join now:
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Norway, here we come! 📽️ Our poetry-dance film Reading the Body will be screened at the R.E.D. International Dance Art & Film Festival in August. 🎉. Haven’t seen it yet? Watch it now: In partnership with The Paige Fraser Foundation
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