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BLR Spring Reading: Issue 50
Watch BLR’s annual spring reading, featuring stunning poems, stories, and essays, including the winners of the 2026 BLR Literary Prizes. Hosted by BLR editors Danielle Ofri and Saleem Hue Penny More
Mapping the Mind video
Watch the video of Danielle Ofri’s conversation with authors Susannah Cahalan, Sarah LaBrie, Damon Tweedy, focusing on memoirs of mental illness, neurologic disease, and psychological healing, and how writers give language to experiences that are often hidden, misunderstood, or stigmatized. More
Writing the Body video
Danielle Ofri moderates a fascinating conversation with best-selling authors Meghan O’Rourke, Rebekah Taussig, and Porochista Khakpour, exploring how they translate pain, diagnosis, treatment, and medical encounters into narrative. More
When Unemployed Means Unhealthy Too
Research confirms what physicians observe and what everyone seems to know in their gut: losing a job is bad for our health. Our crazy patchwork system that ties health insurance to our jobs means that the recession—and its “jobless recovery”—are damaging our nation’s health. More
