''Boulevard'' is a biannual literary magazine. It has been called "one of the half-dozen best literary journals" by Poet Laureate Daniel Hoffman in ''

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''.

History

The magazine was established in 1985 by Richard Burgin, who served as

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through 2015. Interview conducted by Eric Miles Williamson, summer 2003, and Robin Theiss, summer 2005. The Williamson portion first appeared in ''Pleiades'', 2004, vol. 24, no. 2. In 1991 the magazine began to be published by

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in Philadelphia where Richard Burgin taught. In the fall of 1996, Burgin moved to St. Louis and St. Louis University became its publisher, until the magazine became independent in 2013. Poet

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has called it one of the eight best literary magazines in America.''The New York Review of Books''. July 2, 2003. In a 2003 interview, Burgin said, "My suspicion, especially of many MFA writers, is that they are writing what they think will get published and are not sufficiently interested in exploring the form. ..In Boulevard's slush pile, I find very little experimentation in form and structure. The stuff is tame. I see very little experimentation in point of view, in language. The subject matter is generally politically correct.

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is the most noxious disease and enemy of the literary artist of our current time."

Honors and awards

The magazine has won city, state, and national grants and awards. Many poems, stories and essays are reprinted in anthologies such as '' The Best American Poetry'' series, ''

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'', The Pushcart Prize, '' The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'', and '' The Best American Essays''.

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