Two Stories

Bryce Jones

01.23.19

“May the clapper strike them dead! May the empty valve of their ear be mirrored in a myxomatous heart! And may they never be remembered beyond their death!” Two stories by Bryce Jones.

A BOY WITH A BEARD, A MUSTACHE AND GLASSES: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH GRANTHAM

Juliet Escoria

01.21.19

Juliet Escoria in conversation with Joseph Grantham about his book of poems, Tom Sawyer, living with another writer, small town life vs. city life, and much more.

Four Prose Poems

Mikaela Grantham

01.17.19

“I found my grandmother’s dildo in a drawer when I was cleaning out her bedroom after she did the big dying thing. It was purple and big and ribbed.” Poetry by Mikaela Grantham.

Traces

Analeah Loschiavo Rosen

01.16.19

“The border is somewhere I’ve never been. Before this walk I had never thought of the border. Not in this way.” Fiction by Analeah Loschiavo Rosen.

American Football, A Truly Barbaric Sport

Gregg Murray

01.14.19

Gregg Murray takes a hard look at the problematic, ritualized violence inherent in America’s most popular sport.

Book Album Book: Angel of Death

Jeff T. Johnson

01.10.19

The first Book Album Book of 2019 is all about Cat Power’s Wanderer.

Something

Leonora Desar

01.09.19

“After we had sex he would talk about his daughter.” Short fiction by Leonora Desar.

Spill the wine, swallow those pills, have that love affair

Abigail George

01.07.19

Abigail George with a vivid, memory-laced meditation on the formative psychology, sexuality, and continuing search for inspiration of an artist looking back on their youth in Johannesburg.

Seeking Past: An Interview with Jake Syersak

Jeff Alessandrelli

01.03.19

Jake Syersak speaks with Jeff Alessandrelli about Syersak’s new book of poems, Yield Architecture.

YOUNG ASSASSIN

Glenn Shaheen

01.02.19

“We gave the child a gift. Whenever he pointed his fingers at us, we’d pretend to die.” Fiction by Glenn Shaheen.