The Literary Bohemian

04/03/2023

Dear friends,

Today I regretfully announce the closing of The Literary Bohemian.

The Literary Bohemian has always been an out-of-pocket, unpaid labor of love. But life's new balance sheet no longer justifies the maintenance costs or hours spent creating new issues.

I'm proud of the award-winning work we've published since 2008, and the accolades we've received from Poets & Writers, Best of the Net, New Pages, and others. The beautifully designed Literary Bohemian will remain online, where you will find its inspirational archive of poetry, postcard prose, travel notes and visual poetry.

May the road rise up to meet you,

Carolyn Zukowski, Editor, The Literary Bohemian

24/04/2022

No, Meta, I don't want to sign up for your BUSINESS SUITE. I just want to tell our smart and literary friends that we're getting close to announcing our GREAT RESIGNATION issue. Stay tuned!

09/02/2022

Oh look what showed up at Poetry Daily today! "In Transit" by Rimas Uzgiris, published in the latest issue of Literary Bohemian.

from The Literary Bohemian

26/01/2022

Literary Bohemian is looking for work that reflects real or imagined roadblocks, last-minute detours, and the process of persistence and surrender. Submissions open from February 1st to March 31st.

20/12/2021

Support local bookshops this holiday season. The Literary Bohemian bought this for themselves as a way to assuage Holiday Gift Angst:
https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-change-images-and-symbols-to-inspire-revelations-and-revolutions/9781648960260

Stephen Ellcock, one of the world's most beloved digital curators, presents a collection of radically beautiful and provocative images designed to inspire reflection, revelation, and transformation. Stephen Ellcock pairs hundreds of images, icons, and symbols spanning three thousand years of artisti...

17/12/2021

https://literarybohemian.com/issues/issue-24-autumn-2021/

Today we officially release Literary Bohemian Issue 24 with a rich banquet of Poetry, Postcard Prose, and Visual Poetry.

Let's toast the authors, artists, readers and designers for all their hard work.

Na zdraví! Saúde! Zum Wohl! Skål!

12/11/2021

Literary Bohemian Autumn Issue 2021
What Shape Waits to Receive Us -- New visual poetry by the inimitable Sarah J. Sloat. Sarah splits her time between Frankfurt and Barcelona, where she works as a news editor. Her book of visual poetry, Hotel Almighty, was recently published by Sarabande Books. You can keep up with her at sarahjsloat.com.

07/06/2021

Gather round, Literary Bohemians. Let's herald in the week with some new poetry from Rick Mullin and Craig Cotter as well as some postcard prose by Sherry O'Keefe.

…And on the Karlův most I stopped beneath the statue of a saint whose misspelled name approximates our daughter’s.

24/05/2021

A poem perfect for posting on social media. From Michael Bazzett's forthcoming book, "The Echo Chamber," from Milkweed Press.

I travel back in time to find a woman by a pond, embroidery hoop in hand, her needle dipping and rising like a dolphin as she hand-crafts a selfie.

07/05/2021

Welcome home to the all new Literary Bohemian. General submissions open June 1st.

27/04/2021

psssst. Literary Bohemian is waking from its deep slumber. Check out our new & beautiful site https://literarybohemian.com We will be accepting submissions this summer, so save us your best Elsewhere-inspired work.

Words & Wanderlust

20/06/2020

Books and libraries for the win!

Across the country, libraries have seen demand for e-books skyrocket as people try to entertain themselves during lockdown. But they're also dealing with complicated questions around reopening.

27/05/2020

The LitHub summer books preview is OUT!

There’s been plenty of discussion already (in the ambient Book Media sphere as well as in the Literary Hub slack) about how to approach the concept of Summer Reading this year. Yes, there& #82…

15/05/2020

06/05/2020

Writing under the duress of lockdown.

Today’s Tom Gauld cartoon.

See more cartoons here: http://tpr.ly/12o8Ju0.

04/05/2020

Zooming? Make sure your bookshelf puts its best books forward!

In quarantine, people are inadvertently exposing their reading habits — embarrassing, surprising and impressive.

01/05/2020

Litbo loves how covid-19 has inadvertently created lit communities everywhere.

More than 40 writers have volunteered to jointly author tale, taking turns to publish a new chapter daily, with English translations under way