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

Adieu, and Be Well … Broad Street is now 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.

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

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

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

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

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

 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...
From the COVID Journals of Lise Haines.

From the COVID Journals of Lise Haines.

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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The Spoils of Saint Hubris

The Spoils of Saint Hubris

  One of the founding advisers of Broad Street, Sterling Hundley is an award-winning artist and associate professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Hundley has won numerous awards for his work, including gold medals for “Death of a Salesman” and “Shipwrecked,” as well as being featured in various private collections and...
Celebrating (again): Contributor Paisley Rekdal wins the 2013 Rilke Prize. Here's a little more about her.

Celebrating (again): Contributor Paisley Rekdal wins the 2013 Rilke Prize. Here’s a little more about her.

   Updated in June 2018: Poet and essayist Paisley Rekdal, who contributed to our “Dangerous Territory” issue,  adds yet another honor to a list the now includes an astounding collection of honors and awards, including (now) the über-important Rilke Award and grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA, an Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Fellowship, Pushcart...
The Laurels of Lake Constance

The Laurels of Lake Constance

The Paris Review interviewed Marie Chaix, author of several novels, including The Laurels of Lake Constance and Silences, or a Woman’s LIfe. The article addresses everything from her many novels to her painful discovery of her father’s secret past as “the right-hand man of pro-German Fascist collaborator Jacques Dorio.” Check out the interview here.
The String Theory

The String Theory

In honor of what would have been the 51st birthday of award-winning author David Foster Wallace, check out one of our favorite short essays of his, “The String Theory”. Originally published in the July 1996 issue of Esquire, the piece is “an obsessive inquiry (with footnotes) into the physics and metaphysics of tennis.” Read the full...