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Announcing the 2020 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner and Finalists
Congratulations to Yeoh Jo-Ann!
Announcing the 2020 Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest Winner and Finalists
Congratulations to Cheswayo Mphanza!
Rethinking Political Economy
Rejecting market fundamentalism, Rethinking Political Economy will provide space for advancing alternatives—in theory, politics, and policy—to the neoliberalism of the last forty years.
How Science Shapes Policy in the COVID-19 Crisis
Pandemic response is not a simple matter of listening to the science, as scientists themselves disagree. In this ongoing series, leading researchers debate how to transform knowledge into action.
Poetry and Fiction Contests
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Announcing the 2019 Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest Winner and Finalists
Congratulations to C. X. Hua!
Announcing the Fall 2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner and Finalists
Congratulations to Sabrina Helen Li!
Introducing a Special Project from Boston Review
With democracy now subject to sharp challenges, we are rededicating ourselves to it with a project that aims to pave the way for policymakers and citizens to rethink conventional options.
Announcing Boston Review’s new Arts in Society project
A radical revisioning of our creative writing programs.
Racist Logic
The spring issue tackles how racist thinking can be found in surprising—and often overlooked—places. From the origins of the opioid epidemic to the global surrogacy industry, contributors not only explore the institutional structures that profit from black suffering, but also point the way to racial justice. PREORDER TODAY.
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A Letter from Deborah Chasman and Joshua Cohen
After reports concerning Junot Díaz, Boston Review’s fiction editor, came to light last month, we dug deeply into the accounts and reached out to women writers of color in the literary community.
2018 Discovery Poetry Contest Winners
In partnership with the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center, we proudly present the Discovery / Boston Review 2018 Poetry Contest winners.