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Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts
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An online journal of literature and the arts led by grad students at VCU. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, & more. Submissions are open!
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Graphic stating that the copyediting team’s fingerprints are all over the latest issue, encouraging readers to explore Flight 24.1 to see the team’s impact. An illustration shows people arranging large webpage components—images, text blocks, and icons—on a giant screen. A biography slide for J.A. Holm with colorful abstract shapes on the right and a small Blackbird logo. Text explains that J.A. Holm is a second-year MFA poetry student at VCU, holding a BA in creative writing from Bucknell University and experience as an editorial intern at West Branch Magazine. His work has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, New Letters, Shenandoah, Sonora Review, and more.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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A smiling woman poses in front of a framed painting. The caption below reads: “Here’s Megan with Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s A Sea Spell, 1875–77, at Harvard Art Museums!” The background is brown with a subtle texture. On a green background with a bookmark illustration, the heading reads “What writers are currently inspiring you?” Below, the quote says: “This semester I've been taking a Virginia Woolf class, and I am obsessed with her brain. Her works feel like an invitation to let my own writing be more wild and strange, and her commentary on the complex nature of gender dynamics and the ways in which we might be attracted to upholding them feel as timely as ever.” On a brown background, a white marble bust of a woman with the top of her head open is paired with a disembodied white hand reaching down toward it. Text reads: “I also recently loved Elena Ferrante’s novel The Lying Life of Adults and aspire to write as viscerally and poignantly about the uncomfortable aspects of being human as she does.” Final graphic on a marbled green and purple background reads: “Read ‘The Space Says Yes to Me,’ an interview with Gretchen Scherer, our featured artist for Flight 24.1, developed by Megan McDermott and Gwen Hall. Thanks, Megan!” The Blackbird logo appears at the bottom with the text “an online journal of literature and the arts.
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Such a quotable poem! 😭
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We couldn't be luckier to have you, Megan! ❤️
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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"In terms of what I do to choose the actual location, I believe emotions impact how we see and experience a place. When I am composing a painting, I try to imagine it anew, more based on how it makes me feel versus what it actually looks like." - Gretchen Scherer
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM