University Distinguished Professor — English

Scholarly/Creative Works

2024

Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Aphorism 17: The Grass is Always Greener.” Image. Seattle, WA, US: Center for Religious Humanism.
Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Ash Wednesday, Leaving New Orleans.” Willow Springs Review. Spokane WA, United States: Eastern Washington University.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Green Girls.” Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Aubade for Ash Wednesday.” 32 Poems. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Ten Thousand Starlings Dreaming.” 32 Poems. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Aphorism 16: This World Is but A Canvas.” Impost. Pennsylvania, United States: English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Cat And Watched Pot.” Impost. Pennsylvania, United States: English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Aphorism 55: From a Withered Tree a Flower Blooms.” Impost. Pennsylvania, United States: English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “When It Rains It’s All.” Painted Bride Quarterly. Philadephia PA, United States. Retrieved from https://pbqmag.org/john-blair-when-it-rains-its-all/
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Florida Aubade, The St. Johns River.” Painted Bride Quarterly. Philadephia PA, United States. Retrieved from https://pbqmag.org/john-blair-florida-aubade-the-st-john-marshes/
Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “All the Light that Rises.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Pink Anemone". Red Wheelbarrow. Cupertino CA, United States: De Anza College.
Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Noli Me Tangeri.” The Columbia Review. New York NY, US: Columbia University.
Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Disarticulation.” Permafrost Magazine. Fairbanks AK, US: University of Alaska - Fairbanks.
Blair, J. M. (2024, July). “Ekphrasis: ‘Dead,’ Gerhard Richter, 1988.” Connecticut River Poetry Review. West Hartford CN, United States: Connecticut Poetry Society.
Blair, J. M. (2024, February). “The Geminids.” Dogwood Literary Journal. Fairfield Conn., USA: Fairfield University. Retrieved from 601 University Dr. Dept. of English
Blair, J. M. (2024, January). “Ekphrasis: ‘Untitled (Expulsion),’ Fred Tomaselli, 2000.” Clackamas Literary Review. Oregon City, Oregon, United States: Clackamas Community College.

2023

Blair, J. (2023, October). “Aphorism 48: Faith Is the Bird That Sings in the Dark.” Image. Seattle, WA, United States: Center for Religious Humanism.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “O My Little Burning One.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. (2023, October). “Aphorism 57: You Cannot Fail at Being You.” The Common. Amherst MA, United States: Amherst College.
Blair, J. (2023, October). “Empty Houses". Crosswinds. Providence RI, United States: Crosswinds Poetry 501(c)(3).
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 75: A Greedy Father Has Thieves For Children.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 58: The Truth Is a Burden That Few Care to Bear.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 53: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 33: All Things Come to Those Who Wait.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Ekphrasis: “El Tío Paquete/The Famous Blind Man". Nimrod. Tulsa OK, USA: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “The Sculpture Garden". Slippery Elm. Findlay OH, US: University of Findlay. Retrieved from https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Anemoia.” Swing. Nashville TN, US: The Porch Literary Group. Retrieved from https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Elegy For a House In a Field.” Swing. Nashville TN, US: The Porch Literary Group.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 28: A Nod’s as Good As a Wink.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 40: The Burnt Child Shuns the Fire.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 34: We Use the Same Door but We Live in Different Cells.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023). The Shape of Things to Come. Arlington VA, USA: Gival Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023, July). “Aphorism 33: Life Is a Flame That Burns Itself Out.” Reed Magazine. San José CA, USA: San José State University.
Blair, J. (2023, July). “Aphorism 43: The Story Begins When the Book Closes.” Santa Fe Review. Santa Fe NM, United States: Santa Fe Community Colleg.
Blair, J. (2023, July). “Aphorism 16: Six Feet of Earth Makes All Creatures Equal.” The Iowa Review. Iowa City IA, United States: University of Iowa.
Blair, J. (2023, July). “Aphorism 20: The Sound of One Hand.” The Iowa Review. Iowa City IA, United States: University of Iowa.
Blair, J. (2023, July). “Ekphrasis: “’Nymphs Finding the Head Of Orpheus,’ John William Waterhouse, 1901.”. Pacifica Literary Journal. Seattle WA, United States: Pacifica Literary.
Blair, J. M. (2023, April). “Aphorism 20: The Sound of One Hand.” The Iowa Review. Iowa City IOWA, US: The University of Iowa.
Blair, J. M. (2023, April). “Aphorism 32: Pain Is Inevitable but Suffering Is Optional.” The Bennington Review. Bennington VT, United States: Bennington College.
Blair, J. M. (2023, April). “This Is How Afraid We Are.” Folio. Washington DC, USA: American University. Retrieved from https://www.american.edu/cas/literature/folio/
Blair, J. (2023, April). “Aphorism 37: You Can Only Lose That to Which You Cling.” Talking River. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
Blair, J. (2023, April). “Aphorism 12: What You Choose Also Chooses You.” Talking River. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
Blair, J. (2023, April). “Aphorism 69: The Enemy Is Within the Gates.” Talking River. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
Blair, J. M. (2023, March). “Aphorism 31: The Immortality Box". Philadelphia Stories. Philadelphia PA, USA: Philadelphia Stories 5013c.
Blair, J. M. (2023, February). “The Different Country.” Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, USA: Gival Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023, February). “Oppenheimer on Corsica.” Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, USA: Gival Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023, January). “Aphorism 43: The Story Begins When The Book Closes.” The Sonora Review. Tucson AZ, US: The University of Arizona Press.
Blair, J. M. (2023, January). “Aphorism 57: You Cannot Fail at Being You.” The Common. Amherst MA, US: Amherst College.
Blair, J. M. (2023, January). “Aphorism 16: Six Feet of Earth Makes All Creatures Equal". The Iowa Review. Iowa City IOWA, US: The University of Iowa.

2022

Blair, J. M. (2022, December). “Aphorism 42: Happiness is Wherever You Are Not.” Notre Dame Review. Notre Dame IN, US: Notre Dame University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Inverting the Elephant.” New Letters. Kansas City MO, USA: University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Aphorism 30: There Is Nothing Good or Bad but Thinking Makes It So.” Fourteen Hills. San Francisco CA, USA: San Francisco State University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Aphorism 29: It is a Long Road that Has No Turning.” Catamaran Literary Reader. Santa Cruz CA, USA: Catamaran Literary Reader, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Let Us Go Singing as Far as We Go.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC, US: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Aphorism 44: No Fame of Them the World Permits to Be.” Slippery Elm. Findlay OH, US: University of Findlay. Retrieved from https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
Blair, J. M. (2022, October). The Groves. The New York Quarterly. New York NY, US: The New York Quarterly Foundation. Retrieved from https://nyq.org/magazine/issue/68-2/
Blair, J. M. (2022, September 1). “Oppenheimer on Corsica.” The Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, US: Gival Press. Retrieved from https://www.arlijo.com/post/issue-164#viewer-8pis8
Blair, J. M. (2022, September 1). “The Different Country.” The Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, US: Gival Press. Retrieved from https://www.arlijo.com/post/issue-164#viewer-8pis8
Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “The Boys of Los Alamos.” Epoch Magazine. Ithaca NY, USA: Cornell University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “The Flowers of Shukkei-en” (as “The Bus”). Mid-American Review. Bowling Green OH, USA: Bowling Green State University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Aphorism 34: We Are Time’s Subjects and Time Bids Be Gone.” December Magazine. St. Louis, MO, USA: December Publishing Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Aphorism 33: Love Is Like a Lily Lifted High and White.” December Magazine. St. Louis, MO, USA: December Publishing Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Aphorism 32: Let Us Sculpt in Hopeless Silence All Our Dreams of Speaking.” December Magazine. St. Louis MO, USA: December Publishing Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Eclogue 19: The Light in The Darkness.” The Atlanta Review. Atlanta GA, USA: The Atlanta Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2022, May). “The Box.” The Tor House Foundation Newsletter. Monterrey CA, US: The Tor House Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.torhouse.org/prize
Blair, J. M. (2022, May). “The Body is His Book.” Verse Daily. N/A (online), US: Verse Daily. Retrieved from http://www.versedaily.org/2022/thebodyishisbook.shtml
Blair, J. M. (2022). “The Trail.” In A Fire to Light Our Tongues, An Anthology (p. 245). Ft. Worth TX, US: Texas Christian University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “Los Alamos (The Cottonwoods).” Epoch Magazine. Ithaca NY, USA: Cornell University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “The Art of Poison.” The Comstock Review. Syracuse NY, USA: The Comstock Review inc.
Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “The Taking.” The Worcester Review. Worcester MA, USA: Worcester Poetry Association.
Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “The Harrowing.” Pembroke Magazine. Pembroke NC, USA: University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “Aphorism 60: Naked Came I From My Mother’s Womb.” The Lullwater Review. Atlanta GA, USA: Emory University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “Aphorism 37: Empty Pots Make the Loudest Noise.” Kestrel Magazine. Fairmont, WV, USA: Fairmont State University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Los Alamos (The Cottonwoods).” Epoch Magazine. Cornell NY, United States: Cornell University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “The Boys of Los Alamos.” Epoch Magazine. Cornell NY, United States: Cornell University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “The Flowers of Shukkei-en (The Bus)". Mid-American Review. Bowling Green OH, United States: Bowling Green State University.
Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Fish.” Solstice Magazine. Palm Desert, CA, US: Solstice Institute.
Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Aphorism 42: If You Were as Innocent as You Pretend.” Pacifica Literary Review. Seattle WA, US: Pacifica Literary Review. Retrieved from http://www.pacificareview.com/2022/01/19/aphorism-42-innocent-pretend-wed-never-get-anywhere-john-blair/
Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Aphorism 7: Servir La Patrie Est Une Moitié Du Devoir". Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.

2021

Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “The Woodpecker.” Broad River Review. Boiling Springs, NC, USA: Gardner-Webb University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 66: Like Melting Snow We Will Wash the World of Ourselves.” Concho River Review. San Angelo, TX, USA: Angelo State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 23: The Finger Points at The Moon.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 19: Pearls Before Swine.” Sugar House Review. “Aphorism 19: Pearls Before Swine”, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 52: When God Throws the Dice They Are Loaded.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 21: House of Straw, House of Bricks.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Tickling the Dragon’s Tale.” Cutbank. Missoula, MT, USA: The University of Montana.
Blair, J. M. (2021, November). “Aphorism 54: What Good Is a Door When There Are No Walls?” Chicago Quarterly Review. Chicago IL, USA: Chicago Quarterly Review Books.
Blair, J. M. (2021, November). “Aphorism 4: As You Sow, So Shall You Reap.” The Colorado Review. Fort Collins CO, USA: Colorado State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, November). “Aphorism 25: Medicus Curat, Natura Sanat.” The Colorado Review. Fort Collins CO, USA: Colorado State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “The Valley.” Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Flagstaff.” The Saturday Evening Post Fiction Anthology. Indianapolis IN, US: The Saturday Evening Post.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Come Correct.” Willow Springs Magazine. Spokane WA, United States: Eastern Washington University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Noodling Oklahoma.” Connecticut River Poetry Review. West Hartford, CT, United States: Connecticut Poetry Society.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Oppenheimer and Old Lace.” Spoon River Poetry Review. Normal IL, US: Illinois State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Considering the Tree.” Spoon River Poetry Review. Normal IL, US: Illinois State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Eclogue 33: Beautiful Words Are Not the Truth.” Nimrod. Tulsa OK, USA: University of Tulsa.
Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Leverage.” The Comstock Review. Syracuse NY, USA: Comstock Review, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2021, September). “The Body is His Book.” Pembroke Magazine. Pembroke NC, USA: University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Blair, J. M. (2021, September). “Aphorism 36: No Lamp Burns All the Way to Morning.” Kestrel Magazine. Fairmont, WV, USA: Fairmont State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Machine Worries, Machine Hearts.” Quarter After Eight Magazine. Athens OH, United States: Ohio University. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Oppenheimer Scarcely Breathed.” The Madison Review. Madison WI, United States: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Aphorism 19: A Fool and His Money.” Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books, llc. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Aphorism 22: The Profit in What Is Is The Love of What Is Not". Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books LLC.
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “The Altar of the Hand". Jabberwock Review. Starkville MS, United States: Mississippi State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Junk.” Jabberwock Review. Starksville MS, United States: Mississippi State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “All That Falls.” Connecticut River Poetry Review. West Hartford CN, United States: Connecticut Poetry Society.
Blair, J. M. (2021, April). “The Testimony of Ebb Cade.” The Bennington Review. Bennington VT, United States: Bennington College.
Blair, J. M. (2021, April). “Burning.” Briar Cliff Review. Sioux City IA, United States.
Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “Ralph the Swimming Pig.” Western Humanities Review. Salt Lake City UT, US: University of Utah.
Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Day the Island Rose.” Western Humanities Review. Salt Lake City UT, US: University of Utah.
Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Comedy of This King.” The Southern Humanities Review. Auburn AL, United States: Auburn University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “What We Owe this Life.” The Southern Humanities Review. Auburn AL, United States: Auburn University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Good Thief.” Kestrel Magazine. Fairmont WV, United States: Fairmont State University.
Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Drunk on the Roof.” Naugatuck River Review. Westfield MA, United States.

2020

Blair, J. M. (2020). “Flagstaff.” In The Saturday Evening Post Fiction Anthology 2021. Indianapolis IN, United States: The Saturday Evening Post Press.
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “A Certain Butterfly.” Connecticut River Review. Hartford CT, US: Connecticut Poetry Society.
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Geometries of Longing.” Emrys Journal. Greenville SC, United States: Emrys Foundation. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “Walking the Wall.” The Antigonish Review. Antigonish Nova Scotia, Canada: St. Francis Xavier Unversity.
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “Seeking Dr. Einstein.” Nimrod. Tulsa OK, United States: University of Tulsa. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Tin Factory.” Nimrod. Tulsa OK, United States: University of Tulsa. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Perseid Meteor Shower as a Metaphor for Joy". Nimrod. Tulsa OK, United States: University of Tulsa. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). 'The Floods of May". The Baltimore Review. Balitmore MD, United States: Baltimore Writers Alliance.
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “Misericordia.” Third Point. Lancaster PA, United States: Third Point Press. Retrieved from https://www.thirdpointpress.com/2020/05/misericordia/
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “White Sands.” Prime Number Magazine. Winston-Salem NC, United States: Prime Number Press. Retrieved from https://www.press53.com/issue-181-2020- pnm-award-for-poetry#Blair
Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Art of Poison.” The Comstock Review. Comstock NY, United States: Comstock Writer’s Group.
Blair, J. M. (2020, September). “Clown Life.” New Letters. Kansas City MO, United States: University of Missouri - Kansas City. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, September). “Epithalamion.” California Quarterly. San Francisco CA, United States: California State Poetry Society. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, September). “Under the Volcano.” Broad River Riview. Boiling Springs NC, United States: GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY.
Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “What Comes Easy.” The Roanoke Review. Roanoke VA, US: Roanoke College. Retrieved from https://www.roanokereview.org/poetry2020/john-blair
Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “Rabbits.” LitMag. New York NY, US: LitMag Publisher.
Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “Summer Storm with Phone Booth.” Poetry Quarterly. Greenville SC, US: Poetry Quarterly.
Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “The Strangers We Take Home With Us.” The Burnside Review. Portland OR, United States: Burnside Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “The Tower Minus Six Hours.” Naugatuck River Review. Westfield MA, US: Naugatuck Press.
Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Big Bertha.” North Dakota Quarterly. Grand Forks ND, US: University of North Dakota.
Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Under the Volcano.” Broad River Review. Boiling Springs NC, US: Gardner-Webb University.
Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “The Natural Bitterness of Oranges.” Chicago Quarterly Review. Chicago IL, United States: CQR LLC. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Bluebirds.” The Jabberwock Review. Starkville MS, United States: Mississippi State Unversity.
Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Run Run Little One.” Talking River Review. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
Blair, J. M. (2020, March). “Snow Monkeys.” Chautauqua. Wilmington NC, United States: The Chautauqua Institute.
Blair, J. M. (2020, January). “Sundog.” The Lullwater Review. Atlanta GA, US: Emory University.
Blair, J. M. (2020, January). “The Strangers We Take Home With Us.” The Burnside Review. Portland OR, US: Burnside Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2020, January). “The Shape of Things to Come.” Ocotillo Review. Austin TX, US: Kallisto Gaia Press.

2019

Blair, J. M. (2019, December). “Works and Days.” Southern Poetry Review. Atlanta GA, US: Armstrong Atlantic State University.
Blair, J. M. (2019, December 12). “Motorhead.” Prism International. Vancouver CANADA, Canada: Prism International, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2019, December 12). “The Mother Road.” Prism International. Vancouver CANADA, Canada: Prism International, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2019, December 12). “Six.” Prism International. Vancouver CANADA, Canada: Prism International, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2019, October). “The Art of Forgiving.” Poet Lore. Bethesda MD, US: The Writer’s Center.
Blair, J. M. (2019, July). “St. Cassian of the Pens.” Columbia Review. New York NY, US: Columbia University.
Blair, J. M. (2019, May). “Aubade at Easter.” Briar Cliff Review. San Marcos, United States: Briar Cliff University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “The Glass Mountain.” Concho River Review. San Marcos, United States: The University of Arizona Press.
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “Sweetness.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, United States: Sugar House Publishing.
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “Lorem Ipsum.” The Cincinnati Review. Cincinnati OH, US: University of Cincinnati.
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “On the Birth of an Unlucky Child.” Third Wednesday. Redford IN, US: Third Wednesday Publishers.
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “Mutter.” The Roanoke Review. Roanoke VA, US: Roanoke College. Retrieved from https://www.roanokereview.org/poetry2019/john-blair
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “The Taking Tree.” The Roanoke Review. Roanoke VA, US: Roanoke College. Retrieved from https://www.roanokereview.org/poetry2019/john-blair
Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “The Springs.” The Antioch Review. Antioch OH, United States: Antioch College Press.
Blair, J. M. (2019, January). “The Light Fantastic.” The Sonora Review. Tucson AZ, US: The University of Arizona Press.

2018

Blair, J. M. (2018, December). “Blue.” American Literary Review. Denton TX, US: University of North Texas Press. Retrieved from https://americanliteraryreview.com/2018/12/05/john-blair/
Blair, J. (2018, October). “We Raise Our Hands for Mercy.” Image. Seattle, WA, United States: Center for Religious Humanism.
Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “Veil of Tears.” Ruminate. Ft. Collins, CO: Ruminate Magazine, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “The Continental Op.” Concho River Review. San Angelo, TX: Angelo State University.
Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “The Dance.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “Caveat Emptor.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “Golden Years.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
Blair, J. M. (2018, July). “The Garden of the Good Life.” Dogwood Journal. Fairfield CN, US: Fairfield University.
Blair, J. M. (2018, July). “When Angels Die in Texas.” Rosebud. Cambridge, WI: Rosebud, Inc.
Blair, J. M. (2018, April). “The Art of Forgetting.” Bellingham Review. Bellingham WA, US: Western Washington University.
Blair, J. M. (2018, February). “Perfect Fifty.” Negative Capability. Mobile AL: Negative Capability Press.
Blair, J. M. (2018, January). “Grass Eaters.” Crosswinds Literary Journal. US: Crosswinds Literary Journal.

2017

Blair, J. M. (2017, December). “The Little Sleep.” The Comstock Review. Syracuse NY, US.
Blair, J. M. (2017, November). “The Snake.” River Styx. St. Louis MO, US.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “Zed.” Prairie Schooner. Lincoln NE, US: University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Pier.” Boulevard. Richmond Heights MO, US.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “Pennies from Heaven.” Boulevard. Richmond Heights MO, US.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “One True Sentence.” The Sow’s Ear. US.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Buddha in the Wall.” The Laurel Review. Maryville MO, US: Northwest Missouri State University.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Thin Man.” Sow’s Ear Poetry Review.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “Turm Erlebnis.” The Chariton Review. Kirksville MO, US: Truman State University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Kitchen Shade.” The Chariton Review. Kirksville MO, US: Truman State University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2017, October 7). “What Gets Taken.” The Missouri Review.
Blair, J. M. (2017, August). “There is a Willow Grows.” Carolina Quarterly. Chapel Hill NC, US: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Retrieved from https://thecarolinaquarterly.com/2017/08/there-is-a-willow-grows-aslant-a-brook/
Blair, J. M. (2017, July). “The Buddha’s Son.” Colorado Review. Fort Collins CO, US: Colorado State University.
Blair, J. M. (2017, July). “The Buddha’s Wife.” Colorado Review. US: Colorado State University.
Blair, J. M. (2017, February). “The Morning After the War.” Tupelo Quarterly. Jackson MS: Tupelo Press. Retrieved from http://www.tupeloquarterly.com/the-morning-after-the-war-by-john-blair/
Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “This Gray Spill of Mockingbird.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “We All Fall Down.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “Spoiler.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “Widow’s Peak.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “Five Minutes.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis.
Blair, J. M. (2017, January 20). “The Great Egress.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, US.

2016

Blair, J. M. (2016). Playful Song Called Beautiful. Iowa City, Iowa, United States: Iowa University Press.
Blair, J. M. (2016). Judas Salt. Greensboro Review. Greensboro NC, US: UNC-Greensboro.
Blair, J. M. (2016). The Faith of Your Father. Hiram Poetry Review.
Blair, J. M. (2016). Blood Rain at Stoke Edith. Poetry Quarterly. Harborton VA, US: Prolific Press.
Blair, J. M. (2016, December). “The Bridge.” The New Guard.
Blair, J. M. (2016, October). “The Things You Can’t Keep.” Nimrod.
Blair, J. M. (2016, July). “The Mockingbird.” Big Muddy.
Blair, J. M. (2016). A Desert Season. In Silk Road Review (Vol. 15, pp. 56–70).
Blair, J. M. (2016). The Mockingbird. In Big Muddy.

2015

Blair, J. M. (2015). Bone Anthem. In Image (Vol. 87, p. 13).
Blair, J. M. (2015). Desirada. In Tar River Poetry Review (pp. 5–6).
Blair, J. M. (2015). Hard Pearl. In Ruminate (Vol. 34, p. 53).
Blair, J. M. (2015). The Lantern Man. In Cafe Review (Vol. 12, p. 2).
Blair, J. M. (2015). The One Thing. In Ruminate (Vol. 34, pp. 54–55).
Blair, J. M. (2015). The Other Side. In Cafe Review (Vol. 12, p. 1).
Blair, J. M. (2015). The Story You Heard. In Ruminate (Vol. 34, p. 52).
Blair, J. M. (2015). Window. In Cafe Review (Vol. 26, pp. 4–5).
Blair, J. (2015). A Song on Geronimo’s Grave. In Image (Vol. 87, p. 12).
Blair, J. M. (2015, January). Here Where We Are All Forgiven. Ruminate. Ft. Collins, CO, US: Ruminate Magazine inc.
Blair, J. M. (2015, January). The Bridge. The New Guard. New York NY, US: The Writer’s Hotel.
Blair, J. M. (2015, January). “What Happens to the Future.” Solstice. US.

2014

Blair, J. M. (2014). Aubade for Ash Wednesday. In Painted Bride Quarterly (Vol. 89).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Disagreeable Things. In Cafe Review (Vol. 12).
Blair, J. M. (2014). How to Know Two. In The Southern Review (Vol. 50.3, p. 448).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Pity Me, O Man. In Louisville Review (Vol. 75, p. 31).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Playful Song Called Beautiful. In Thema (Vol. 26.2, p. 38).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Second The Man. In Louisville Review (Vol. 75, p. 30).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Shooting Dove. In Raleigh Review (Vol. 4.2, p. 18).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Sleeping Dogs Lie. In Iron Horse Literary Review (Vol. 16.4, p. 18).
Blair, J. M. (2014). The Gift. In Oberon (Vol. 11).
Blair, J. M. (2014). The Thing Itself Speaks. In Carolina Quarterly (Vol. 64.1).
Blair, J. M. (2014). Biggest Snake in the Woods. In Tusculum Review (Vol. 10, pp. 1–14).

2013

Blair, J. M. (2013). No Water, No Moon. In Kestrel (Vol. 31, p. 48).
Blair, J. M. (2013). And Yet It Moves. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 64).
Blair, J. M. (2013). Blue Moon. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 80).
Blair, J. M. (2013). Dirt. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 66).
Blair, J. M. (2013). Joshu’s Dog. In Kestrel (Vol. 31, p. 50).
Blair, J. M. (2013). The Idle Hours. In Ruminate (Vol. 30, pp. 72–73).
Blair, J. M. (2013). The Last Poem of Hoshin. In Kestrel (Vol. 31, p. 49).
Blair, J. M. (2013). The Lesser Poet. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 62).
Blair, J. M. (2013). Three Little Indians. In New Guard (Vol. 3, p. 87).

2012

Blair, J. M. (2012). The Occasions of Paradise. Tampa, FL, United States: University of Tampa Press.
Blair, J. M. (2012). The Yellow Christ. In St. Petersburg Review (Vol. 4 & 5, p. 40).

2011

Blair, J. M. (2011). Gauguin in Arles. In Naugatuck River Review (Vol. 5, p. 30).
Blair, J. M. (2011). Her Name is Viaraumati. In California Quarterly (Vol. 37, p. 8).
Blair, J. M. (2011). How You Will Know Us. In The Minnetonka Review (Vol. 7).
Blair, J. M. (2011). I Am the Trees Before the Sun. In Hiram Poetry Review (Vol. 72, p. 10).
Blair, J. M. (2011). Oleander. In The Southern Poetry Anthology (Vol. 4). Huntsville, TX, United States: Texas-Review Press.
Blair, J. M. (2011). Savage Poems. In New Millenium (Vol. 20, p. 36).
Blair, J. M. (2011). Still Live With Puppies. In The Minnetonka Review (Vol. 7).
Blair, J. M. (2011). Sutra for the Passing of Mary. In Cutthroat (Vol. 10.1).
Blair, J. M. (2011). The Canonical Hours. In The Georgetown Review (Vol. 12.1, pp. 120–124).
Blair, J. M. (2011). The Capillary Attraction of Planetary Bodies. In The Southern Review (Vol. 47.2).
Blair, J. M. (2011). The Dogs of Grass. In Arts & Letters (Vol. 20.1, pp. 8–9).
Blair, J. M. (2011). The Fundamental Limit of Resolution. In The Minnetonka Review (Vol. 7).
Blair, J. M. (2011). The River Sage. In Cold Mountain Review (Vol. 39.2, p. 48).
Blair, J. M. (2011). The Trees Take Birds in the Light Growing Air. In The Georgetown Review (Vol. 12.1, p. 30).

2010

Blair, J. M. (2010). White Sands. In New York Quarterly (Vol. 66, p. 147).
Blair, J. M. (2010). Palmetto Night. In Cimarron Review (Vol. 72, pp. 20–29).
Blair, J. M. (2010). Silver Springs. In Talking River (Vol. 27, pp. 104–113).

2009

Blair, J. M. (2009). How She Prays the River. In Inkwell (Vol. 26.1, p. 58).
Blair, J. M. (2009). Bombs. In Inkwell (Vol. 26.1, pp. 49–57).
Blair, J. M. (2009). Fish Story. In The Laurel Review (Vol. 43, pp. 24–26).

2008

Blair, J. M. (2008). Valencias. In Atlanta Review (Vol. 25.1, p. 20).
Blair, J. M. (2008). Islands in the Moon. In Cold Mountain Review (Vol. 37.1, pp. 75–87).

2007

Blair, J. M. (2007). Stealing for Orphans. In Broken Bridge Review (1st ed., Vol. 2, pp. 87–93).
Blair, J. M. (2007). The Road to Little Happiness. In Phoebe (Vol. 36.2, pp. 13–29).

2006

Blair, J. M. (2006). Broken Window. In Pleiades (Vol. 26.2, p. 39).

2005

Blair, J. M. (2005). Low Tide Turning. In The Sewanee Review (Vol. 118, pp. 174–192).
Blair, J. M. (2005). Motorhead. In The Antioch Review (Vol. 63.3, pp. 14–26).

2004

Blair, J. M. (2004). The Sinkhole. In The Portland Review (Vol. 51.3, pp. 29–33).

2003

Blair, J. M. (2003). The Green Girls. Warrensburg, MO, United States: Pleiades Press.

2002

Blair, J. M. (2002). American Standard. Pittsburgh, PA, United States: U. of Pittsburgh Press.

2001

Blair, J. M. (2001). Mexico and the Borderlands in Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 42, 301–307.

2000

Blair, J. M. (2000). The Bird Frighteners and the Judge’s Wives in Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter. Notes on Contemporary Literature, 30, 8–10.
Blair, J. (2000). [Review of Percyscapes, by R. W. Rudnicki]. Arkansas Review.
Blair, J. M. (2000). Aunt Jane on the Day of the Dead. In Midwest Quarterly (Vol. 51, p. 277).
Blair, J. M. (2000). Sundays with Melba. In California Quarterly (Vol. 26, p. 31).
Blair, J. M. (2000). Trash Fish. In Green Mountains Review (Vol. 13, pp. 64–71).

1999

Blair, J. M. (1999). Oleander. In Poet Lore (Vol. 94, p. 17).
Blair, J. M. (1999). Happy Puppy. In Shenandoah (pp. 23–38).
Blair, J. M. (1999). Aunt Jane Watches the Dancers. In Midwest Poetry Review.

1998

Blair, J. M. (1998). Southern Honor and Sexual Violence in Walker Percy’s Lancelot. Southern Studies, 5, 85–94.
Blair, J. M. (1998). The Rigolets. In New Orleans Review (Vol. 23).
Blair, J. M. (1998). Swimming the Cave. In Berkeley Fiction Review (Vol. 19).

1997

Blair, J. M. (1997). Renewal in the Wilderness: Walker Percy’s Lancelot and the American Survivalist Movement. Louisiana Literature, 14.

1996

Blair, J. (1996). Southern Humanities Review.
Blair, J. (1996). Southern Humanities Review.
Blair, J. (1996). The Inheritance of Light. In R. Gonzalez (Ed.), Cicada (p. 207). Denton, TX, United States: University of North Texas Press.
Blair, J. M. (1996). In the Midst of Springs Bright Enchantment. In Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review (Vol. 27, p. 68).
Blair, J. (1996). Inheritance of Light. In R. Gonzalez (Ed.), Madness and Love (p. 206). Denton, TX, United States: University of North Texas Press.
Blair, J. M. (1996). My Brother, Sleepless, Listens to the Wind. In Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review (Vol. 27, p. 69).
Blair, J. M. (1996). Passion Play. Seattle Review.
Blair, J. (1996). The Weather Child. In Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review (Vol. 27, pp. 69-).
Blair, J. M. (1996). Parting in the Rain (translation of a poem by Shu Ting). In Poetry East (p. 23).
Blair, J. M. (1996). This, Too, is Everything; (translation of a poem by Shu Ting). In Poetry East (p. 22).

1995

Blair, J. M. (1995). South by Southwest: Texas and the Old South in the Work of Katherine Anne Porter. Journal of the Southwest, 37, 495–502.
Blair, J. M. (1995). The Southern Tradition of Honor and Eudora Weltys The Optimists Daughter. University of Mississippi Studies in English, 12.
Blair, J. M. (1995). The Singing House. In The Lullwater Review (Vol. 6, pp. 38–40).

1994

Blair, J. M. (1994). “The Dark Rich Earth of the Heart”: Recent Southern Poetry. The Distillery: Artistic Spirits of the South, 1, 46–57.
Blair, J. (1994). [Review of All These Lands You Call One Country, by S. Corey]. Southern Humanities Review.
Blair, J., & Delanty, G. (1994). Southern Humanities Review.
Blair, J. M. (1994). “Breeding Lilacs in a Dead Land”: The Novels of James Dickey. In Critical Essays on James Dickey. New York City, NY, United States: G. K. Hall.
Blair, J. M. (1994). Mercy. In Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review (pp. 21–22).

1993

Blair, J. (1993). “The Lie We Must Learn to Live By”: Honor and Tradition in All the King’s Men. Studies in the Novel, 25, 457–472.
Blair, J. M. (1993). Sunday Morning. In The Literature Review (Vol. 2, pp. 55–56).
Blair, J. M. (1993). The River Heart. In The Literature Review (Vol. 2, p. 57).
Blair, J. M. (1993). To Attend to One’s Own Soul: Walker Percy and the Southern Cultural Tradition. The Mississippi Quarterly, 46, 78–89.
Blair, J. M. (1993). The Lost Boys. In Sow’s Ear Poetry Review (Vol. 11, p. 22).

1992

Blair, J. M. (1992). Nicholas and the Judge: Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter and the Novels of Charles Dickens. Notes on Mississippi Writers, 24.1, 25–34.
Blair, J. M. (1992). To Attend to One’s Own Soul: Walker Percy and the Southern Cultural Tradition. The Mississippi Quarterly, 46, 78–89.
Blair, J. M. (1992). Bright Angel. New York, NY, United States: Ballantine.

1991

Blair, J. M. (1991). Breath. In Sewanee Review (Vol. 99).
Blair, J. M. (1991). Madness and Love. In Sewanee Review (Vol. 99).

1990

Blair, J. M. (1990). A Landscape of Darkness. New York, NY, United States: Ballantine.
Blair, J. M. (1990). The Lives of Children. In Notrth of Wakulla: An Anthology of Florida Poets. Tallahassee, FL: Appalachee Quarterly Press.

1989

Blair, J. M. (1989). The Posture of a Bohemian in the Poetry of Stephen Crane. American Literature, 61, 215–229.
Blair, J. M. (1989). The Question of Race in James Dickey’s “Cherrylog Road.” Notes on Contemporary Literature, 19, 2.
Blair, J. M. (1989). Cicada. In Poetry (Vol. 153).
Blair, J. M. (1989). Winter Storm, New Orleans. In Poetry (Vol. 153).

1988

Blair, J. M. (1988). Rain Dancing. In Louisiana Literature (Vol. 2).
Blair, J. (1988). The Hurricanes. In Louisiana Literature (Vol. 2).

1987

Blair, J. M. (1987). The Groves. In The New York Quarterly (Vol. 34).
Blair, J. M. (1987). The Ambush. In Kentucky Poetry Review.

1986

Blair, J. (1986). Black Warrior Review.
Blair, J. M. (1986). In the Swimmer’s Dressing Room at the Y. In Cimarron Review (Vol. 75, pp. 33–34).
Blair, J. (1986). Swimming in Winter. In The Kansas Quarterly.
Blair, J. M. (1986). The Lightning. In New Letters.

1985

Blair, J. M. (1985). After the Storm. In Southern Poetry Review (Vol. 25).
Blair, J. M. (1985). Dragging for the Dead. In Plains Poetry Journal (Vol. 13).
Blair, J. M. (1985). Handling Serpents. In Plains Poetry Journal (Vol. 13).
Blair, J. M. (1985). In a Cemetery Beside the Apalachicola Bay. In The Greensboro Review (Vol. 38).
Blair, J. M. (1985). Old Man, Walking. In The Georgia Review (Vol. 39).
Blair, J. M. (1985). Pig Days. In Black Warrior Review (Vol. 11).
Blair, J. M. (1985). Weathering. In The Texas Review (Vol. 6).
Blair, J. M. (1985). The Cowboy Singer’s Sestina. In The New Mexico Humanities Review.

1984

Blair, J. M. (1984). Joe Prichard. In the Minnesota Review (Vol. 23).
Blair, J. M. (1984). Tate’s Hell. In Wakulla Portraits. Tallahassee, FL: Wakulla Publications.
Blair, J. M. (1984). Wakulla. In Wakulla Portraits. Tallahassee, FL: Wakulla Publications.

1983

Blair, J. M. (1983). Pulled, The River Flows. In Personna (Vol. 2).
Blair, J. M. (1983). The Return. In Personna (Vol. 2).

1982

Blair, J. M. (1982). Simple Mercy. In Red Bass Winter.

1981

Blair, J. M. (1981). Buck Fever. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
Blair, J. M. (1981). Dark Mirror. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
Blair, J. M. (1981). Heat Wave. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
Blair, J. M. (1981). Legacy. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
Blair, J. M. (1981). Like Sand. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.