2025 Fall Reading: Animalia LIVE!

Join us on October 23 to celebrate the launch of BLR‘s new issue, “Animalia,” featuring writing that explores how health and healing both transcend and interconnect species, and what this can teach us about being human.

Hear from the issue’s contributors live as they read from their stories, essays, and poems.

Readers include: Thomas Anderson, Fez Avery, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Caroline Barnes, Emilie Pascale Beck, Kate Broad, Olivia Ciacci, Michele Evans, Nathan Gower, Tammy C. Greenwood, Melissa Joplin Higley, Jen Karetnick, Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, Nancy Mayer, Megeen Mulholland, Ashley Oakes, Daniel Reiss, Suzanne Underwood Rhodes, Irene Sherlock, Kate Stoltzfus, Brett Warren, Cat Wei, Don Zancanella.

Hosted by BLR editors Danielle Ofri and Doris W. Cheng.

This event is free and open to the public.

This is a live event, but please RSVP even if you can’t make it, as the discussion will be recorded and we will send you a link to watch later.

Be sure to order your copy of BLR‘s special theme issue on “Animalia” when RSVPing! (You can also visit the BLR store if you prefer a digital copy, or to become a BLR subscriber.)