


National Poetry Month: EXO-SECRETARIAT by Blake Lee Pate
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. “Blake Lee Pate’s ‘Exo-Secretariat’ tackles...
National Poetry Month: JACKET COPY FOR ‘THE COP FOLLOWED FRANK INTO THE DINER’ by Adam Atkinson
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. “Jacket Copy for The Cop Followed Frank Into...
National Poetry Month: HOLIDAY by Wendy Xu
This year, for national poetry month, we asked our assistant poetry editors to pick a favorite poem published by BWR, write a little bit about why they liked it, and record themselves reading it aloud. “I think what appealed to me the most about...
2014 Contest: Nonfiction Runner-up MOTHER TONGUE by Chelsey Clammer
Chelsey Clammer received her MA in Women’s Studies from Loyola University Chicago, and is currently enrolled in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program. She has been published in The Rumpus, Essay Daily, and The Water~Stone Review among many others. She is an...