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20 Aug 2025
Please help us welcome our newest installment,
ISSUE FOURTEEN: ALL THE WORDS
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"it was a loving parent but it kept that word until words ran out, for it was afraid to talk itself out of pocket."
In memory of the wonderful poet Ryan Bollenbach, who passed away last week. Here is his poem "Out of Pocket" from Issue 11.
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We are now open for submissions! Send us your work!
Bennington Review’s reading period reopens this Monday, January 5th.
For more info, visit: benningtonreview.org/submit
NOTE: If you are waiting to hear back on a current submission, we can confirm that your work is still under consideration and we will reply as soon as possible.
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Bennington Review’s reading period reopens this Monday, January 5th.
For more info, visit: benningtonreview.org/submit
NOTE: If you are waiting to hear back on a current submission, we can confirm that your work is still under consideration and we will reply as soon as possible.
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Issue Fourteen: ALL THE WORDS ⭐️
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12 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Issue Fourteen contributor Natalie Shapero on being Longlisted for the National Book Award!
You can check out her poems, "Fox" and "Enough," in Issue Fourteen: benningtonreview.org/store/i…
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8 Sep 2025
I still really believe in altruism. I believe it’s possible to give of yourself and expect nothing in return. It’s been the theme of my most unhealthy relationships.
-David Stuart MacLean, “The Eighth Wonder of the World”
Read the essay in Issue 14✨
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3 Sep 2025
Check out Carolene Kurien's poem "Dear Gerald" from Issue Fourteen in the Verse Daily Substack today 🌟
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2 Sep 2025
Check out Mary Ruefle's poem "Hello Rooster" from Issue Fourteen in the Verse Daily Substack today✨ @versedailypoems
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30 Aug 2025
The only words they could afford were ugly: daiquiri, colonel, pterodactyl—words that looked worse spelled than they sounded loose-lipped, aching in the teeth.
-Lucas Jorgensen, "The Bureau of Words"
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From Issue Fourteen💫
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29 Aug 2025
Unfortunately, it only takes
one person to change history.
-William Ward Butler, "Church of Anthrax"
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Read the rest of the poem in Issue Fourteen💫
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29 Aug 2025
If you make a promise you can’t keep
don’t call it a lie, call it a good faith violation
-William Ward Butler, "Keywords"
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28 Aug 2025
It is only now, as we conspire to end this world, that we can see how right we’ve been.
-Rae Armantrout, "Confession"
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28 Aug 2025
Stare at the coffee maker
like it might offer
something more, something
you don’t yet suspect.
-Rae Armantrout, "Orders"
Read the rest of the poem in Issue Fourteen of Bennington Review💫
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26 Aug 2025
Check out this interview with Issue Fourteen contributor, Izzy Casey 🌟
18 Aug 2025
Today's Feature:
In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Read Lloyd Wallace's interview with Izzy Casey.
Read here:
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26 Aug 2025
Monet developed a system
of lowering a massive canvas into a trench in order to paint the top. Whoever wants
can think how I personally probably would’ve instead used the floor
and a ladder, but, hey, to each their own.
-Natalie Shapero, "Enough"
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9 May 2025
We need your help! The government has abruptly withdrawn Bennington Review's hard-won $10,000 NEA grant to publish innovative, intelligent, and moving literature. Your support in helping us recoup the lost funds would make all the difference.
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