'Boulevard [is one of the eight magazines] young writers and poets, of course, pay attention to..., since that's where they hope to publish their work.'
Charles Simic, The New York Review of Books
Founding Editor
Richard Burgin is the author of 12 books, with three more forthcoming, and over a hundred songs and musical pieces. He is a five-time Pushcart Prize winner and three of his books were named 'Notable Books of the Year' by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Times Literary Supplement named The Identity Club as one of 'The Best Books of 2006', and the title story of that book was reprinted in The Best American Mystery Stories and in The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction. The Huffington Post listed The Identity Club as one of the 40 best books of the decade. He currently teaches literature and creative writing at Saint Louis University.
Managing Editor
Kelly Leavitt has an MA in Comparative Literature from University College London, where she specialized in Latin American literature. Among other journalism and publishing experience, she spent time working with International PEN in London.
Senior Editors
Edmund de Chasca has a PhD in English Language and Literature from University of Chicago. His book of literary history and criticism, John Gould Fletcher and Imagism, was published by University of Missouri Press. He has published fiction and poetry in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies.
Eric Miles Williamson has written numerous books and short stories including East Bay Grease and Two-Up. He is also an editor of Texas Review, as well as a professor of English at University of Texas-Pan American.
Senior Consulting Editor
Doug Hagley has an MFA from the University of Michigan. He was senior editor of the literary journal Witness for 20 years, and joined the staff of Boulevard in 1998.
Associate Editor
Haines Eason
Assistant Editor
Brian Allen Carr
Readers
Katya Apekina
Dana Delibovi
Alison Espach
Neil Intraub
Gabe Shapiro
Lia Silver
Sally Van Doren
Boulevard is made possible in part with funds from Saint Louis University, the Regional Arts Commission of Saint Louis, and the Missouri Arts Council.
