Two Syndromes At Once
Robert Lopez09.14.16
“A mongoloid baby is crying on the subway and so now everyone is a hostage.” New short fiction by Robert Lopez.
You have to be perfect at everything: An Interview with Chelsea Martin
Juliet Escoria09.13.16
Chelsea Martin in conversation with Juliet Escoria about fashion, the 90s, meeting new people, and the creation of her latest book, Mickey.
THE INSIDE OF AN OUTSIDER: Chelsea Martin’s Mickey
Lindsay Maharry09.12.16
“Chelsea Martin creates outsider art for other outsiders, not the kind of outsider art that’s only appreciated once the insane person is discovered dead in a barn with a thousand fantastic paintings.” Lindsay Maharry takes a look at Martin’s latest book, Mickey, a meditation on relationships and depression.
“Eclipse” / “1998, Lake Road”
Katherine Osborne09.09.16
“I lost several animals to mysterious / fires, and even more friends to / the same.” New work by Katherine Osborne, from late summer poetry editor Sean Kilpatrick.
JAR OF COINS
Eleanor Jane09.08.16
“I have never really made a home for myself.” Eleanor Jane explores how a nightmarish roommate situation, particularly in the pricey and jam-packed NYC, can unsettle the very foundation of your daily existence.
The Last Three Princes
Scott Fenton09.07.16
“After thirteen harmonious episodes, the network adds a prize—$500,000 cash, plus a lifetime supply of Peel-N-Eat—to coax an ending out of us.” New fiction by Scott Fenton.
In Search of Duende: Diane Arbus at the Met
Rachel Lyon09.06.16
For the first of a series of posts contemplating a contemporary idea of cultural duende curated by August Evans, Rachel Lyon visits the Met to explore a new exhibition of early work by Diane Arbus.
“Cowboys” / “I Love You, Says the Target”
Christopher Parks09.02.16
“I will jump on god when he stops to take a shit.” New poems by Christopher Parks, from late summer poetry editor Sean Kilpatrick.
Smack
Eric G. Wilson09.01.16
“If you haven’t read Hamlet, you’ve read Hamlet.” Eric G. Wilson waxes rhizomatically about performing as Hamlet as a student, his first sexual encounter, and Hitchcock’s manipulative visions.
“dead, dead, dead” / “I am howling now” / “Wallow”
Sarah Jean Alexander08.31.16
“What’s the word for not remembering 2006-2012” New work from Sarah Jean Alexander.
