'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 15 books 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 fiction of the decade. He currently teaches literature and creative writing at Saint Louis University.
Managing Editor
Jessica Rogen has a BA in English Literature and a BFA in Photography from Washington University in St. Louis. She was previously an editorial assistant at River Styx magazine.
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 Editors
Kelly Leavitt
Assistant Editor
Brian Allen Carr
Edward Nobles
Contributing Editors
Elizabeth Inness-Brown
Miriam M. Kotzin
Alan Parker
Kevin Prufer
Andra Samelson
David Shapiro
Marc Watkins
Andrew Weinstein
Readers
Sara Burge
Laura Decker
Dana Delibovi
Emily Howorth
Sarah Morrison
Kara Moyer
Willie Lin
Sally Van Doren
Jared Walls
Intern
Kate Essig
