Post Road

Post Road is a literary journal published by the Boston College Department of English dedicated to publishing up-and-coming authors.

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"Outside, men unraveled yellow tape around my neighbors’ house like birthday streamers."

-- from "Pleasant View Drive," by J.A. McGrady

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"I’d written endless iterations of these poems...but they always felt impossible to finish."

-- from Cindy Milwe's interview about her poems in our new issue. Read the full interview here:

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The Senator
went into
the factory
to halt production
on the new moon.

— from “God Salsa,” by @neonpajamas. Please click the link to read the full poem.

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Today we’re featuring an essay by Larry Allen Pankey — please click the link to read “Why She Cried.”

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“These poems came out of a transitional time in my life. I’d spent a few years caught in the grind of city living…and eventually found myself needing to step away from that pace." 

-- from Javier Sandoval's interview about his poems in PR43.

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Today we’re featuring a reading of “The Loaves,” by Phoebe Baker Hyde. Please click the link to hear the story:

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"...each day before writing, spend five minutes or so “visiting with silence.” It’s meant to help you push past the everyday noise and connect to something deeper."

-- from Sarah Carriger's interview about her poems in PR43. Read the full interview here: https://t.co/8FKX7Nddeg

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"...I’ve found the most significant memories and moments of understanding shine through when I give myself permission to wander."

-- from Kayleigh Norgord's interview about "The Dive Reflex," her essay in PR43. Read the full interview here:

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“I never tire of learning that words often begin in one place and like stones gathering moss, end up in another world of meaning.”

– from an interview with J.P. White about his poems in Post Road 43. Read the full interview here:

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“Any time I can combine fact-learning and people-watching, a poem is likely to result.”

— from Ceridwen Hall’s interview about the poems “Trigger Warning,” “Nostalgia and other risks” and “between us.” The full interview’s available here: https://t.co/QkBcUbsm2U

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We’ve buried our sadness
and all the spades of therapy
can’t dig it up.

from "Too Happy," by Luke Bloomfield. Read the full poem here: https://t.co/KY9RVXgs2O

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We're fortunate to be featuring an art folio by Bascha Mon in our new issue. Here's one selection from that folio:

On a Beautiful Day This Happened
Carbon pencil, gouache on Arches paper, 16” x 12”, Sunday, August 27, 2023
(Photo Credit: Adam Reich)

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Over the weeks ahead we’ll be starting to get the word out about Issue 43 (due out in mid-May) by posting announcements, excerpts, readings and interviews. Today we’re featuring @matt_leibel’s story “Crushed” -- please click the link to read it!

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"The weather is a bright and obvious song."

– from "If We Didn’t Leave the Task to Backhoes," one of six new poems by @SilanoMartha now appearing on our website:

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"There’s a hole in the future, hope
rises up, hope you don’t want."

– from "Life Poem 2," one of two new poems by
@egabbert now appearing on our site:

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“Once, while traveling alone to see family, I saw Tom Hanks at the airport. He was also alone, just walking with a coffee, and it was definitely him.”

– from “I’m Tom Hanks,” by Mark Leidner, now appearing as a Web Exclusive on https://t.co/GEkm2T0DSp

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“Well, I went to school too—the school of hard knocks,” he grumbled into the rearview mirror.

-- from "Sentimental Education," by Abigail Carl-Klassen, now appearing as a web exclusive on https://t.co/GEkm2T0DSp.

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"A river, which she had not seen yet in this town, ran below somewhere. There would have to be persisting and hopeful boats."

-- from "Hope," a new story from Rebecca Pyle, now appearing on our site as a Web Exclusive.

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"Like many moody souls, I like a rainy day. I like the wet dirt and heavy air, the thick dripping from overhangs and tree branches, the cold."

– from Alizabeth Worley's essay "Rain," which appears in Post Road 42

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We the People, 2022
by Howard el-Yasin
(Photo credit: Woodruff Brown)

A folio containing sixteen works by Mr. el-Yasin is available in the print edition of Post Road 42 -- please visit https://t.co/GEkm2T0DSp for more information.