In this new anthology of poetry, fiction, memoir, comics, and essays from renowned writers and newcomers, contributors explore whether and how we can repair from terrible ruptures.

Critics tend to discount Rich’s later poems, fundamentally misunderstanding how they engage her radical vision of community.

A recording of the launch event for Boston Review’s new literary anthology, Ancestors. Renowned writers read their poems, fiction, and more.

In our new book, some of today’s most imaginative writers consider what it means to be made and fashioned by others. 

Our new issue asks: How do people who are not alike forge productive alliances?

‘Amazing Grace,’ the long-lost film of Franklin’s gospel album, offers a lesson in the deep connections between gospel and soul music.

What [ let’s don’t

           say

           who ] do

you trust?

Fifty years ago, when Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, a devastated James Baldwin made a final attempt to reconcile the generational divide between the civil rights movement and Black Power.

In America, life at the edge of racial belonging is not so black and white.

James Baldwin's letters to his brother