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From the Archives: “The Empty” by Panpan Song

by Jackson Saul | May 14, 2020 | Archive, Feature, Nonfiction Print

The Empty by Panpan Song from BWR 46.1 I. Prayer for the Feeding of the Hungry Ghosts In the fall of 2013, I had recently moved to New York, when I ran into an acquaintance from some years ago in Shanghai. He was working for an investment bank in Midtown and said, if...

45.2 feature: Craft Essay by Sophie Paquette

by Black Warrior Review | Oct 3, 2019 | Feature, Nonfiction Print

45.2 feature: Craft Essay by Sophie Paquette Sophie Paquette is from Bloomington, Indiana. Her work has appeared in The Rupture, Quarterly West, Black Warrior Review, Split Lip, Heavy Feather Review, and others. She is a freshman at Columbia College in New York....

Sneak Peek: Missing File #7: The Ortolan Bunting by Alison Powell

by Black Warrior Review | Nov 4, 2018 | Feature, Nonfiction Print

Missing File #7: The Ortolan Bunting Alison Powell from BWR 45.1 In 1996 former French President Francois Mitterand invited thirty guests to his last supper. One was delighted to attend and offer condolences, admittedly a delicate balancing act. President Mitterand...

The Best Lighting for My Body Was at the White Horse Inn and Bar, Oakland, California

by Black Warrior Review | Aug 16, 2018 | Feature, Nonfiction Print

“I am moved by the geography in this piece. Not just the geography of a landscape — also the geography of body, of gender, of family. The speaker enters with high stakes and manages to traverse the entire narrative with the stakes remaining high, emotional, and...

From the Archives: fragments from RECONSOLIDATION by Janice Lee, 2012 Nonfiction Contest Winner

by Black Warrior Review | Jul 13, 2017 | Feature, Nonfiction Print

Click here for information about our 2017 contest. Janice Lee is the author of KEROTAKIS (Dog Horn Press, 2010), Daughter (Jaded Ibis, 2011), Damnation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2013), Reconsolidation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2015), and The Sky Isn’t Blue (Civil Coping...

43.2 Sneak Peek: An excerpt from LIMNOLOGY: A MEMOIR by Sally J. Johnson

by Black Warrior Review | Mar 2, 2017 | Feature, Nonfiction Print

Photo by Paul Pastorini Click here for more 43.2 featured content. Sally J. Johnson is a poet and lyric essayist; a list of her published work can be found at sallyjayjohnson.com. Most recently, she was a 2016 Poetry Fellow at the Lambda Literary Writer’s...