Today, there are 10 issues a year, sold by subscription, on newsstands, and in about 900 bookstores throughout the United States and Canada. Notably, BBR discusses more books by women than any other review, Alexandrov says. Loker professor of English Robert Kiely has ranged from biographies of E.M. Forster and D.H. Lawrence to The Unconsoled , a recent novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Kenan professor of government Harvey Mansfield and professor of psychiatry and medical humanities Robert Coles have wrangled with political and social topics. Two years ago, BBR began giving annual literary awards for the best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction books of the prior year.
Plans are afoot for a literary film series and a dialogue series between artists and writers.