A People’s Anthology: Episode Two

“The July Rebellions and the ‘Military State’” by Jack O’Dell. 

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.

Thinking in a Pandemic

The latest on COVID-19 from Boston Review

Poetry and Fiction Contests

Enter for your chance to win $1,000 and publication in Boston Review. Plus, entry is free to all those outside of the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe.

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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.

Announcing the Spring 2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner

Congratulations to Neshat Khan!

We Rely on Readers Like You

Watch a video message from frequent contributor and Boston Review supporter, Liz Bruenig, of the Washington Post. Make a pledge today.
 

Monarchy of Fear

A Boston Review Book Talk with Martha C. Nussbaum

Announcing the 2018 Winner of Boston Review’s Annual Poetry Contest

Congratulations to Kim Parko!

What Nature Online

These poems are urgent calls for rethinking our place on an imperiled planet.

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.

Announcing the 2018 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner

Congratulations to Herselman Hattingh

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure

Arab American poetry and the work of liberation.

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.

Spring Poetry Microreviews

New poetry from Traci Brimhall, Camille T. Dungy, Jennifer Moxley, Laura Sims, and Michael Snediker.

National Poetry Month 2018

A poem a day, everyday, in honor of National Poetry Month.

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