IN THIS ISSUE

Featured Artist

Omer Mosseri

Contributors

Poetry

Alana Perez | Malia Maxwell | Monica Rico | Shannan Mann | Mickie Kennedy | Rick Hilles | Forest Brown | Mya Matteo Alixice | Sébastien Luc Butler | Lydia Golitz | Antonio Lopez

Prose

Amber Starks | Juliet Kahn | Kim Ramos | Rowena Leong Singer | Kristen Schwarz | Ren Wong | Ron MacLean | Helen Anderson | Crystal Odelle | Joy Young | Rivka Clifton | Andrew Romriell | Andrew Walker | Nadine Monem | Rebecca Stoner | Harry Huang | Romus Simpson | Emily Crossen | Lee Hodge | Luke Sutherland

Comics & Art

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“when she does hit it, she hits it out of the park”: An Interview with Exquisite Armantè, author of “Ulta Receipt”

Exquisite Armantè is a writer planted in Atlanta, cultivated at Louisiana State University, and transplanted to an MFA program at Oklahoma State University. Her work has been featured in Taypedia, Scrawl Place, Hobart Pulp, and forthcoming at Black Warrior Review. You...

Exclusive Online Feature: “Ulta Receipt” by Exquisite Armantè

"Ulta Receipt" by Exquisite Armantè is featured in the forthcoming Black Warrior Review issue 51.1, which is scheduled to hit shelves this month! We’re thrilled to showcase the full-color version of Exquisite’s work here online, highlighting the vivid detail and...

“that idea of the shimmering moment”: A Conversation with Kelly Lenox, author of “After a Guided Meditation on Self-Confidence”

Kelly Lenox (The Brightest Rock, 2017) writes poetry and prose in Oregon. Her work appears in Poetry Daily, Cold Mountain, RHINO, EcoTheo Review and elsewhere in the U.S. and Europe. She is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, with an MFA from Vermont College...

Exclusive Online Feature: “After a Guided Meditation on Self-Confidence” by Kelly Lenox

Kelly Lenox's fantastic nonfiction piece, "After a Guided Meditation on Self-Confidence," was published in BWR's fiftieth issue (50.1), in January of 2024. Read more about Kelly & her writing below!  Kelly Lenox (The Brightest Rock, 2017) writes poetry and...

Exclusive Online Feature: “The Ohio Grassman Goes to Costco” by BWR’s 2024 Creatures Contest Runner-Up, Connor Harding

THE OHIO GRASSMAN GOES TO COSTCO   The Ohio Grassman is having a bit of an identity crisis. Not in the clinical sense—he’s regularly attending therapy and practicing his active listening skills. In the mornings he whispers his mantras into the river moss and...