Issue 51

25th Anniversary Issue

FOREWORD

FICTION

The River, by Yan Ruan
Strength Training, by Becky Tuch
God’s Square Mile, by Griffin Gudaitis
How to Sell a Deathbed, by Sarah Juma
Fellowship at Night, by Wilson Comey
Kasher, by Lisa Sardinas
Our Lady of Slaughter, by Scarlett Diaz Power
Little Rat, by Catherine Treu Ehmann
The Eclipse, by Kaylie Saidin
Deserter, by Susie Yeden Kim
The Man in the Corner, by Nadya Todorova
Asymptote to Silence, by Pitoyo Hartono
Night Angel, by Zibusiso Mpofu
Strings, by PJ Henry

NONFICTION

Poems of Illness, by Meghan O’Rourke
Still Life with Sisters, by Kat Moore
A Stable Life, by Lisa Nikolidakis
The Dark, by Cheryl Jean Kelley
Divide, by Novi Zheng
The Sound Offensive, by Paul V. Brock
Winking at the Sun, by Mahru Elahi

POETRY

I’m Not Bothering Anybody with My Blues, by R. Nikolas Macioci
My Grandmother Thinks I’m Poet Laureate, by Marianne Kunkel
I Am Trying, by Claire Scott
Cyclic, by Ari B. Cofer
Bilingual, by Peggy Ann Tartt
Usury, by Douglas Fritock
Full Code, by Mihan Han
The Visit, by Cheryl Dyer
Dirt, by Jan Donley
Winter Advisory, by Marion Starling Boyer
Concentrate, by Lucia Owen
Vasa Previa, by Trystan Popish
Email I Didn’t Send to the Poet Who Assaulted Me, by Andrea Scarpino
The End of Fall, by Ed Meek
Birth, by Mubanga Kalimamukwento
The Third Try, by Ken Hines
Barium, by Aaron Rabinowitz
Apogee, by Taylor Franson-Thiel
Between My Voice and My Son’s Ear, by Candice Reffe
Meeting, by Terence Hawes
On the Way to Dinner at the Retirement Home, by Ursula Shepherd
Lobectomy Awakening, by Charles L. Templeton
The Last Melon, by Peter Kaczmarczyk
Me and Her (the Cyst) Are Both Teenage Dirtbags, by Hannah McLeod
Press “1” To Confirm Your Visit, by Anna Boughtwood
Bird in the House, by Prartho Sereno

EXTRA

Illness as Muse Roundtable, with contributions by Edward Hirsch, Sarah Ruhl, Susannah Cahalan, Porochista Khakpour, Theresa Brown, and Damon Tweedy
Words of Comfort: Recommended Readings from BLR Book Reviewers
Contributors’ Notes
Art in Public Hospitals: from the NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Program – Art Collection

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