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Craft Interview with Tom Scharpling: Bonus Questions
Craft Interview with Tom Scharpling: Bonus Questions

Please enjoy a few bonus questions with the subject of our latest craft interview: Tom Scharpling.

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nonfictionDusty FreundSeptember 8, 2021tom scharpling, craft interview
The Boulevard Podcast Ep. 2: Megan Kakimoto and Jonathan Wei
The Boulevard Podcast Ep. 2: Megan Kakimoto and Jonathan Wei
podcast, otherDusty FreundJuly 11, 2021
Announcement: The Winner of the 2020 Short Fiction Contest is Seth Bockley
Announcement: The Winner of the 2020 Short Fiction Contest is Seth Bockley

We are happy to announce the results of the 2020 Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers.

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otherDusty FreundMay 23, 2021contest, fiction
Announcement: The Winner of the 2020 Nonfiction Contest is Jonathan Wei
Announcement: The Winner of the 2020 Nonfiction Contest is Jonathan Wei

We are happy to announce the results of the 2020 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers.

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nonfictionDusty FreundMarch 3, 2021jonathan wei, laura joyce-hubbard, contest
Announcement: The Winner of the 2020 Poetry Contest is Bryan Byrdlong
Announcement: The Winner of the 2020 Poetry Contest is Bryan Byrdlong

We are happy to announce the results of the 2020 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets

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poetryDusty FreundFebruary 7, 2021poetry contest
Pushcart 2020 Nominations
Pushcart 2020 Nominations

We are pleased to announce our 2020 Pushcart nominations.

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otherDusty FreundJanuary 7, 2021pushcart
Richard Burgin, founding editor of Boulevard literary magazine, dies at 73
Richard Burgin, founding editor of Boulevard literary magazine, dies at 73

Richard Burgin, noted American writer, composer, critic, academic, and founding editor of the award-winning literary magazine Boulevard, passed away on Oct. 22 in his home in Clayton, Missouri, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 73.

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otherJessica RogenNovember 13, 2020
Interview with Janée J. Baugher, author of The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction
Interview with Janée J. Baugher, author of The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction

This is an interview with Janée J. Baugher, author of The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction (McFarland, 2020) conducted by Griffin Reed, Boulevard Assistant Managing Editor, in July 2020.

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nonfiction, poetryDusty FreundAugust 30, 2020Janée J. Baugher, nonfiction, interview, poetry, ekphrastic poetry
Call for Pitches! Due July 3!
Call for Pitches! Due July 3!

What is a little known fact or interpretation of a piece of history that totally changes our commonly accepted version of events?

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otherDusty FreundJune 24, 2020symposium, pitches, opportunities
Announcement: The Winner of the 2019 Short Fiction Contest Is Sena Moon!
Announcement: The Winner of the 2019 Short Fiction Contest Is Sena Moon!

We are excited to announce the winner of the 2019 Short Fiction Contest…

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Dusty FreundJune 7, 2020fiction, contest
Audio launch of Boulevard spring 2020
Audio launch of Boulevard spring 2020

In our spring audio launch, Boulevard talks craft Téa Obreht and the first thee days of the Wuhan Quarantine with Li Zixin, Mary Troy and Emi Nietfeld read and then discuss their works.

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other, podcastDusty FreundApril 27, 2020
Call for pitches! Due Feb. 7!
Call for pitches! Due Feb. 7!

In a society where everything is content (e.g. a novel, a film, a tweet) and much of that content is created for no pay, what are the economics of writing?

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otherDusty FreundJanuary 27, 2020symposium, pitches, opportunities
BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara
BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara

I picked up John O’Hara’s BUtterfield 8 from the free “library” at my therapist’s waiting room.

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fictionDusty FreundJune 6, 2019takeabook
The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber
The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber

Faber’s work throughout The Book of Strange New Things gives literary readers a taste of science-fiction…

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fictionDusty FreundApril 22, 2019blvdrec
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel has given readers a new way to see end-of-the-world novels.

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fictionDusty FreundApril 22, 2019blvdrec
The Recovering by Leslie Jamison
The Recovering by Leslie Jamison

Leslie Jamison’s The Recovering combines addiction memoir with a brief history of contemporary alcoholism’s evolving place in the culture…

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nonfictionDusty FreundApril 22, 2019blvdrec
Gabe Montesanti on winning the 2018 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers
Gabe Montesanti on winning the 2018 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers

In the early stages of drafting my essay, “The Worldwide Roller Derby Convention,” I tried to conceal the fact that I had attended RollerCon while recovering from a broken leg.

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otherDusty FreundFebruary 27, 2019other
Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus by Dave Barry
Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus by Dave Barry

On an unassuming beige metal cart in the break room of an American Red Cross facility, sandwiched between the soundtrack for Mission Impossible II and, even more strange, a collection of T.C. Boyle short stories (The Tortilla Curtain maybe?), Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus stood out

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nonfiction, otherDusty FreundFebruary 27, 2019takeabook, other
Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return by Martin Riker
Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return by Martin Riker
fictionDusty FreundJanuary 30, 2019blvdrec
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