Broad Street

Adieu, and Be Well … Broad Street is now closed.

by broadstreetmag on May 24, 2021 • Comments Closed

One last time, and forever, we thank all of our contributors, our readers, our boards, and our editorial staff over the last almost-decade. We had a great run and published so much of which we are deeply proud. We started laying plans in 2011 with a dream and a shoestring...

“You Want Me to Be Happy About Dying” — an essay by Ramona Grigg.

by broadstreetmag on Nov 5, 2020 • Comments Closed

Reflections on life, afterlife, and the reality of the dark, dark passage. “Nothing in my life will be erased after I die.” Photo by the author. To most of you out there, I’m old. I’m so old, odds are I’ll probably die soon. You can think on that for a few seconds and move...

Art / Coronavirus / COVID-19 / creativity / illness / politics

“The Politics of Art, 2020”: Our interview with Alexandra Blum, mixed-media artist.

by broadstreetmag on Sep 6, 2020 • Comments Closed

A pandemic and other global breakdowns inspire a visual journal of diverse styles and influences. “I think for me what is interesting about this series of work is the diversity of voices within myself.” “Vitriol.” Editors’ Note: Alexandra (Ali) Blum is a California-based artist who draws on influences from around the...

Culture / current events / History / photography / race

Taking Down the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia: On Civil War monuments, graffiti art, and protest. Photos by John Moser.

by broadstreetmag on Jun 11, 2020 • Comments Closed

The BLM movement is writ large on the Civil War monuments of the Confederacy’s former capital. And now some controversial statues are being removed. “We Just Want Justice,” protesters and graffiti at the base of the Robert E. Lee statue. Broad Street’s home is in Richmond, Virginia, where Jefferson Davis once presided...

Coronavirus / COVID-19 / memoir / quarantine

From the COVID Journals of Lise Haines.

by broadstreetmag on Apr 12, 2020 • 1 Comment

On learning that she should sacrifice herself for the good of the public. pikrepo.com On the television this morning, an idea was floated with great sincerity. I could sacrifice myself for the public good. If anyone had to get sick or starve or die from a lack of oxygen, I was...

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belles lettres / creativity / Culture / literature

“10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about F. Scott Fitzgerald,” by David S. Brown, from PublishersWeekly.com

by broadstreetmag on Jun 9, 2017 • Comments Closed

Intriguing facts about the great author revealed in David S. Brown’s new book on FSF … Everyone knows F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is variously remembered as the “Great American Dreamer,” the author of The Great Gatsby, and the man who coined the phrase “Jazz Age.” Fitzgerald was a literary celebrity in that dubious industry’s infancy...

childhood / Culture / essays / memoir / pop culture / women

“My Internship at Tiffany’s,” by Julie Anderson–featured at “Writers on the Job.”

by broadstreetmag on May 10, 2017 • Comments Closed

“Who were these elegant ladies who brushed past me, perusing the display cases as casually as if they were shopping for dinner? At Christmas-time, these women wore fur coats and heels and somehow they just looked like money. My mother was beautiful, too, but even as a small child, I could tell the difference between her fake...

dreams / maps / poetry / psychology / truth

“Dream Geographies”: the complete series by poet Judith Serin and artist Masami Inoue.

by broadstreetmag on Apr 7, 2017 • Comments Closed

We are proud to present links to this remarkable series in the order published. The “Dream Geographies” series began in summer 2016 and resumed in winter 2017–a collaboration between poet Judith Serin and visual artist Masami Inoue. Together they charted the vast unknowns toward which our unconscious dreaming point us. Don’t miss the interview in which Serin...

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New Pages reviews our “Maps & Legends.”

by broadstreetmag on Mar 10, 2017 • Comments Closed

Thanks to NEW PAGES for the thoughtful review of our summer 2016 issue, with special praise for essays by Julie Anderson and Bea Chang, a poem by Ron Smith, and Bradley Dicharry’s photo essay featuring vernacular sign design (see some of his images with this post). * Read the full review here. And enjoy...

memoir / politics / race / religion / travel / women

From Our Pages: “Holy War: Ramadan and race riots in Senegal,” by Patricia Smith.

by broadstreetmag on Mar 10, 2017 • Comments Closed

BROAD STREET presents this essay (recipient of a Special Mention from the Pushcart editors) from our “Hunt, Gather” issue (fall/winter 2014) … Here’s what happened during one holy season when Patricia Smith, a Fulbright scholar in Senegal, found a sudden war erupting in the small village where she’d been teaching high schoolers and immersing herself in the...

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