from “A Rupture of Interiors”
by: Valerie Witte Valerie Witte’s poems are layered constructions that bend, break, and reform as they enact the density of…
House of Babel
by: Julie Howard “She had indeed loved him, comforted him and been faithful to him. What was a little…
Twenty Years Later – DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing
by: Michael Shields Twenty years ago today DJ Shadow released Endtroducing, one of the most audacious and innovative albums…
Detour & Tipsy
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by the incredibly talented Erik Johansson.)) Two offerings of flash fiction that illustrate that even…
What Now, Part Two
by: Michael Shields One week ago Americans woke up to the reality of a President-elect Trump, and many are…
Mahjong Mornings
by: Julie Howard ((Header Art by Willian Deutsch.)) An ordinary Mahjong Morning with the ladies takes an unexpected turn,…
Trumped
by: Frederick Foote A Nation divided, demonstrated by a workplace at odds… The door to my boss’s office is open….
Home
by: Samantha Barron “The city never cared that I struggled. And so I left it behind, time and again,…
What Now?
by: Michael Shields How to move forward, now that America has spoken… I was well aware in the darkened…
from The Mourners Forget What Funeral They Were At
by: Matt McBride These poems by Matt McBride live in the odd space between somber resignation and engaged wonder, particularly…
Infatuation
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by Banksy.)) “All I could think about was Julie. Julie, Julie, Julie. I had…
Smiles Galore
by: David A.F. Sweet A lifelong Chicago Cubs fan bathes in “unfettered happiness” as the Cubs “somehow” capture their…