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Mother, Grow My Baby

Winner of the Fall 2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest. 

Sabrina Helen Li

Arts in Society

To the Fordham

In a pre-Giuliani New York where pornographic theaters create communities of dissimilar people, a young blue-collar worker and a homeless ex-con forge a connection through their shared enjoyment of public sex.

Samuel R. Delany

Arts in Society

An Arrangement

“He says that he needs to talk to you about something. You feel your stomach churn. He says that he is sorry.” Their relationship in flux, two men go on vacation in Palm Springs to try to patch things up.

Joseph Cassara

Arts in Society

Surely, Not

“What’s worse than any pain is being without him, and what’s worse even still is that it’s his idea to go.”

Amina Gautier

Arts in Society

Announcing the Fall 2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner and Finalists

Congratulations to Sabrina Helen Li!

Boston Review

Arts in Society

Sultan of Hearts

The funeral of a family friend brings a musical legend from a bygone Iran back to town.

Matthew Jeffrey Vegari

Arts in Society

Get a Good Look at You

Sunil and Amy are just trying to find a Cambridge apartment they can afford when a call from Nairobi changes everything.

Jennifer Acker

Arts in Society

Shame

“She looks at her brilliant, talented mother and wants to cry.” A young Moroccan doctor makes an agonizing choice following a visit from her mother.

Maha Marouan

Arts in Society

Last Day

On the day the Earth is supposed to end, Karen is entrusted to open the YMCA. An excerpt from New York Times bestseller Ruta’s new novel.

Domenica Ruta

Arts in Society

Appendix 15, Number 2. The Agent Probii Exploration

“Agent Probii’s first days as undercover agent were particularly disconcerting because within the city each resident spoke a different language.” 

Yuri Herrera

Arts in Society

Announcing Boston Review’s new Arts in Society project

A radical revisioning of our creative writing programs.

Boston Review

Arts in Society

Year of the Rat

“I wish you had those pills to help. Remember those?”

Zachary Tyler Vickers

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