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Honored to have a poem in Blackbird. Let’s keep singing in the dead of night.

Need some poetry in your life on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? We got you covered 😊 Assistant Poetry Editor CD Eskilson has a beautiful poem (translated) in Blackbird Journal. Enjoy it here: buff.ly/3YOZ98V

Don't miss out on reading Jenn Blair's review of HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur, over on Blackbird Journal! buff.ly/4fV5c2n Treat yourself, or a loved one, to HORSE SHOW this holiday season! buff.ly/4hXdngv IPGbook Susan Schulman

The cover image for Flight v23n1 is Bernice, Oil on Canvas, 2020, by Cliff Tisdell. View and read more about Tisdell's poignant body of work, which pays homage to the Southern Gothic writer Carson McCullers, in the new Flight. blackbird.vcu.edu

Congrats to contributor Sarah Layden! Her short story collection "Imagine Your Life Like This" made the 2024 Indiana Authors Awards shortlist for fiction and was on the Wisconsin Library Association's 2024 Honored Fiction List. Check out her work!

“Louise recommended analysis because in analysis / you’re not supposed to look at the person you’re talking to. / Isn’t that the same as poetry? She didn’t laugh.” —Elisa Gonzalez, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” Blackbird Journal blackbird.vcu.edu/la-belle-dame-…

We asked our Blackbird interns about their favorite places to read and write in Richmond. What are your favorite places to write around town?

✨Contributor news!✨ @jessievaneerden has a new book out! Two of her essays published in Blackbird are featured in her essay collection, "Yoke and Feather." Check out it from Dzanc Books. dzancbooks.org/all-titles/p/y…

Editor Spotlight: Meet our Art Editor, Josh Galarza! Head over to our Instagram (@blackbirdjournal) to read the full spotlight.

Editor Spotlight: Get to know our Faculty Editor, Kathleen Graber!

Blackbird is now open for video essay submissions—send us your best! Head to Submittable for the full guidelines: blackbird.submittable.com/submit

Calling all fiction writers! Blackbird will be closing our fiction submissions on Friday, February 7th. Submission guidelines at the 🔗 in bio.

A fresh new translation of Kim Bok Hui's poem from her third collection "Sweet Porosity" (스미기에 좋지/봄날의 책). "Free Heart" (자유로운 마음). Thank you Blackbird Journal for giving this heart a home. Go check out the amazing issue! blackbird.vcu.edu

With a heart full of fear I share this poem for Alaa Abd El Fattah, for Laila Soueif, published today in Blackbird Journal. You can read it here: blackbird.vcu.edu/material-for-a…

We’re so pleased to share that Blackbird’s latest issue, Flight v23n2, is out now! Flight v23n2 is available to read online at blackbird.vcu.edu or through the link in our bio. 🐦‍⬛ Cover image: “Handy" by Erin Wohletz, 2024, Lithography, Mezzotint and Screenprint

Today's Featured Poem: "The Gaze" by YE Hui, trans. by Dong Li (DongLi 李栋), from Issue 23 Vol. 1 of Blackbird (Blackbird Journal). Read here: poems.com/poem/the-gaze/

Thank you to Blackbird Journal for publishing this dream-poem so dear to me, after Ada Limón <3

Blackbird contributor John Hoppenthaler has two new poems in the current issue of TriQuarterly! Read them here:

Blackbird’s latest issue, Flight v23n3, is out now! Read it at blackbird.vcu.edu, linked in bio. 🐦‍⬛ Cover image: "The South, where we live," by Roberto Jamora, Acrylic and Pumice Medium on Canvas over Wood Panel, 2025