Audrey GradzewiczWriter’s block can always feel excruciating, but one of the ways that I get around it is to write the names of celebrities and occupations on Post-It Notes and put them into two separate Ziploc bags. I also will keep a Ziploc bag full of verbs and a Ziploc bag full of places. When…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe are pleased to present our Summer 2021 issue with poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction by:Jeffrey BeanDavid BergmanStephen CramerVishnas R. GaitondeRobin GowClaire KortynaKelley J. P. LindbergJarid McCarthyJames McKeanChido MuchemwaPatricia PattersonLis SanchezSeher Fatema VoraJieyan…
Read more » 0 CommentsIn praise of boring books:Dictionaries, thesauruses, grammar and punctuation guides, books on usage, style guides, craft books for particular genres, all those lonely books in the reference section of the libraries and bookstores. Maybe they’re boring to you. They’re not to me. Or other writers…
Read more » 0 CommentsStarting today's Monday Miscellany with contributions from our Towson University interns, Bobby Jones, Stephanie Anderson, and Mandy Wolfe: Do you outline when you write? Do you keep it close by? Do you strictly adhere to it, or do you find ways to break away from it? There’s a lot of talk in…
Read more » 0 CommentsBarbara Westwood DiehlDo you enjoy stories that are small but mighty—and often more than a little bit quirky, strange, scary? Best Microfiction 2021 (Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, series editors, Amber Sparks, guest editor) is available for purchase. The latest anthology includes a story by BR…
Read more » 0 CommentsMonday Miscellany for June 28, 2021 Writer’s Procrastination I’ve never been a fan of the term “writer’s block.” I don’t typically experience it. If I’m in front of the page or the screen, and I want to write something, I can easily do so. If that something I write is any…
Read more » 0 CommentsMonday Miscellany for June 21, 2021 BR Updates: The summer contest finalists have been sent to our final judge, Todd Kaneko. While waiting for decisions, we're working on selecting other poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction for our summer issue, which we expect to publish in mid-July.…
Read more » 0 CommentsOur spring issue, launched April 21, features poems, fiction, and creative nonfiction by:Cezarija AbartisBryana AtkinsonRobert Erle BarhamMelinda BrasherLaura Todd CarnsCharlie ClarkWill EjzakSari FordhamLance LarsenJeff LiaoColleen MayoEd MeekScott NadelsonMike NeesClaire O'ConnorHannah…
Read more » 0 CommentsMay 15, 2021, 2:00-3:00 pm A free one-hour generative workshop for writers who crave a creativity break! Listen to prose poems and write in response to prompts. About this Event: Join Barbara Westwood Diehl, Doritt Carroll, Karen Houppert, Paige Passantino, and Asha Thanki from The Baltimore Review…
Read more » 0 CommentsTELEPHONE—yes, it's just like the kids’ game and with over 900 artists from 72 countries playing. It launched today, April 10, 2021, after the game was played through the pandemic. A reminder of connections. Vibrant connections. Crisscrossing the world.Almost a year ago, when we heard about the…
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