Bellevue Literary Review Issue 49 is themed “Animalia” with a foreword by Assistant Nonfiction Editor Alanna Weissman, which begins, “Health and illness may be the most universal experiences we have as humans, as we know so well at Bellevue Literary Review. But this extends beyond homo sapiens into every corner of the animal kingdom; all species, from blue whales to the smallest insects, inhabit fallible bodies. While there are countless differences among the millions of members of taxonomic kingdom Animalia, navigating the boundary between health and illness is a rite of passage we all share. It is this uncanny sameness, and yet manifest difference, that we seek to illuminate with our Animalia theme issue.”
Contributions to this issue include fiction by Don Zancanella, Zelime Lewis, Thomas Wolf, Nathan Gower , Mark Gallini, Jason Richard Phillips, Martin Piñol, Thomas Anderson, Daniel Reiss; nonfiction by, Kate Broad, Emilie Pascale Beck, Margaret Brosnahan, Angela Tang-Tan, Deborah Derrickson Kossmann; poetry by , Ashley Oakes, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Suzanne Underwood Rhodes, Ted Kooser, Misha Tentser, Fez Avery, Leonora Simonovis, Linda Neal, Dave Malone, Amanda Quaid, Terrance Owens, Emily Couves, Caroline Barnes, Brett Warren, Nancy Mayer, Tammy C. Greenwood, Jen Karetnick, Cat Wei, Irene Sherlock, June Rowe, Nancy Kay Peterson, Andrea Giedinghagen, Megeen R. Mulholland, Rebekah Denison Hewitt, Michele Evans, Olivia Ciacci, Maurya Simon, Melissa Joplin Higley, Ocean by J.P. White, Rachel Dillon, Laurie Kutchins, Kate Stoltzfus, James Gonda, Diane Gottlieb, and Jayne Marek, with cover art by Maya Perry.
