Seventy-five years ago, Carson McCullers published her most recognizable novel, The Member of the Wedding. I was dismayed to realize recently that I’d … read more about On The Member of the Wedding (and its adaptations) Seventy-Five Years Later
by Jennifer L. Gauthier
Main Content
Culture
On The Member of the Wedding (and its adaptations) Seventy-Five Years Later
Firewatch as Dating Sim + Whether It Can Heal Broken Hearts
by Clement Obropta
Dating sims, first-person shooters, life simulators—video games give us ritual spaces for vicarious expression. They let us hold things we cannot … read more about Firewatch as Dating Sim + Whether It Can Heal Broken Hearts
by Clement Obropta
Translation
2 Poems by Miguel Avero
(Translated from Spanish by Jona Colson)
Exemplary
You glimpse a slight copy
of liquid belly.
Talk about the wind, breed
waves on each page, breeding
breezes … read more about 2 Poems by Miguel Avero
(Translated from Spanish by Jona Colson)
I
by Roger Lindo (Translated by Matthew Byrne)
Pero yo ya no soy yo …
[But I am not myself anymore …]
– Federico García Lorca,
Romance … read more about I
by Roger Lindo (Translated by Matthew Byrne)
NONFICTION
GROCERY STORE ARTIST
by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
Whitney reads the poem he is quoted in
[0:20 – 1:03]
THE ART OF BAGGING
“It’s an art,” … read more about GROCERY STORE ARTIST
by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
Persian Night
by Douglas Cole
Angeline was mixing up the medicine from her shelves stacked with mason jars full of herbs and roots and eye of newt. A smile … read more about Persian Night
by Douglas Cole
FICTION
PARADISE
by Joshua Beggs
The sun beats down on Paradise like an angry drunk. It cracks the villas’ pastel stucco skin, makes syrupy heat waves roil … read more about PARADISE
by Joshua Beggs
Tia Marilena’s Rainbow Eggs
by Xenia Lane
This story was selected as a finalist for the 2021 MAYDAY Fiction Prize.
There’s been a crisis of eggs. Tia Mari’s eggs, … read more about Tia Marilena’s Rainbow Eggs
by Xenia Lane
POETRY
Wound
by Jessica Turney
I wash around the wound
on your back, press
my fingers and rub
around the cut, flat
and long, like the … read more about Wound
by Jessica Turney
Elegy for Irene
by Jessica Turney
I.
She can’t speak, hasn’t worn her
dentures for months, but her mouth
moves in rotation, lips pressed, she begs
with … read more about Elegy for Irene
by Jessica Turney
INTERVIEWS
Women Writers in Indie Publishing:
Alissa Hattman Interviewed by Raki Kopernik
To see more works from Alissa Hattman please visit her website: https://www.alissahattman.com/
This interview has been … read more about Women Writers in Indie Publishing:
Alissa Hattman Interviewed by Raki Kopernik
An Interview with Dramatist Diana Burbano
by Janis Butler Holm
Janis Butler Holm: Diana, you're known in southern California as a drama professional who has very successfully integrated … read more about An Interview with Dramatist Diana Burbano
by Janis Butler Holm
