The Brussels Review: Autumn 2025

This issue brings Dani Otnes Aurouze’s “Plight,” a memoir about caregiving and memory; Cecile H. Blanc’s “The Peep Show” and Jan Rylewicz’s “Light,” which mix personal reflection with cultural observation; and Bernardo Montes de Oca’s essay “A Little While,” on grief and resilience. The poetry section features work from Julie Adrian, Susan Thornton, Arber Selmani, Blaire Baron, Ted Morrissey, and others, covering a range of forms and tones. Fiction in this issue includes Jake Kendall’s “The Caricaturist,” Karla S. Bryant’s “Unsaid,” Faith Miller’s “An American Dream,” and pieces by Ben Tufnell and Du Jie that move between the political and the uncanny. Across genres the issue revisit's themes of loss, repair, migration, and connection. With the art cover painting by Pippa Darbyshire (Ships 13), Autumn 2025 is available in print and digital editions.