Welcome back!
Welcome to 2017-2018 The new school year is upon us and the Blackbird Review is open for business! We are now accepting submissions of poetry, […]
Articles by Brian Stumbaugh
Author Tom Swyers to Join Cole 2017
From the Cole Summer Writers Institute: Niskayuna writer Tom Swyers has agreed to join the writers at the Cole Summer Writers Institute 2017! Mr. […]
BBR Staff Attend Workshop
On April 3, nine members of the Blackbird Review staff attended a Minds-On Workshop at the Carey Institute for Global Good. The topic of the […]
Fall/Winter Issue Available Online and at school!
The Blackbird Review‘s Fall/Winter 2016 issue is available for purchase at school, at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, at the Voorheesville Public Library, and, […]
The Phone Call
When the phone rings in the middle of the day you expect it to be Grandma or a telemarketer. When the phone rings at night, […]
The Simons Paradox: Where Science and Creativity Meet
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly […]
Pressing Matters in Salem
Sitting around a library computer, under the watchful eye of Ms. Mennetti, I immersed myself into the world of The Crucible. I, along with other […]
Of Trees and Salem
It was around twelve o’clock and I was exhausted. The day had been going quite well, but the constant walking coupled with my having gone […]
2017
It’s funny how life is measured in years. How counting, mathematics, is how we measure our existence.