The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is The Future. The future of--what? That's entirely up to you. A child. A marriage. A society. Art. Technology. Education. Fashion. Transportation. Ecology. Medicine. Law. Religion. Cultural norms. Later life in this world or…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe Baltimore Review presents a video interview with celebrated poet Elizabeth Spires. The interview was conducted by Baltimore Review editor and fellow poet Michael Salcman on the campus of Goucher College, where Spires currently teaches the craft of poetry. The interview was filmed by Grant…
Read more » 0 CommentsLL: I often find myself thinking of creative nonfiction as a less imaginative genre, though plenty of essayists and op-ed writers insist otherwise. Could you discuss the role imagination plays in your writing? DWM: There are two ways imagination comes into play with creative nonfiction.…
Read more » 1 CommentsThe interview was conducted on December 4, 2009, prior to the publication of his collection, Orphan Hours. The interview originally appeared in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue of The Baltimore Review. KH: Can you talk about what you call the “abrupt edge”? SP: The abrupt edge is actually an…
Read more » 0 CommentsI took a short break from getting the summer online issue ready for the August 1 launch to dust and sort books. Many have been on the shelf since we moved into the house twenty-some years ago. (We haven’t painted the living room in a very long time.) Some of these books I’ll keep, some will…
Read more » 0 CommentsJen Michalski is a local author in Baltimore area who has published three books this year alone—the most recent being her debut novel The Tide King (winner of Black Lawrence Press's Big Moose Prize). In this gripping story about mortality and emotional connections,…
Read more » 3 Comments--because there are a few BR FB posts that may be worth sharing with non-FB people. And, well, I want to. May 31: Our Submittable door has closed now for our current reading period and will open again on August 1. Much work ahead for the BR editors. A record-breaking day today: 76 submissions on May…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe theme for The Baltimore Review’s summer contest is Threes. Three—what? That’s entirely up to you. Tercets. Three stanzas. Three characters. Three rooms. Three wishes. Three sisters. Three apples. A three-fingered man. Triplets. A trinity. A triumvirate. A trio. A three on the roll of the…
Read more » 0 CommentsHow perfect is this: We’re including audio with our contributors’ work for the first time at the suggestion of—a Hollywood voiceover artist. When we accepted his Bill Ratner’s work for this issue, he offered to provide an audio file; our webmaster was happy to provide his technical know-how.…
Read more » 0 CommentsUnless you've been cut off from civilization while writing your opus (in which case I'm terribly jealous), you know that April is National Poetry Month. Thus, the BR editors will be posting their hearts out on Facebook this month, giving poetry the extra special attention it deserves. Prompts,…
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