The Old West is an invention, as fake as a ride at Disneyland. It’s a desert filled with paradoxes. A land of freedom from … read more about Nothing New in the West
by Clement Obropta
Main Content
CULTURE
Nothing New in the West
I Know Who Orville Peck Is
by Robin Gow
It’s early November 2020 and I cradle my iPhone in my apartment living room listening to Orville Peck’s performance of “Drive … read more about I Know Who Orville Peck Is
by Robin Gow
ART
The Perpetual Garden with Clement Oladipo and Kandis Williams
by Corey Durbin
A few weeks ago, I was gifted a small artwork by Kandis Williams from Amber Esseiva and the Institute for Contemporary Art … read more about The Perpetual Garden with Clement Oladipo and Kandis Williams
by Corey Durbin
Always Show Up: An Interview with Artist Dominic Chambers
by Aya Kusch
Dominic Chambers is a New Haven-based artist whose immersive, brightly-hued color field paintings explore Black … read more about Always Show Up: An Interview with Artist Dominic Chambers
by Aya Kusch
TRANSLATION
A Footprint in the Ashes of Time by Dmitry Blizniuk
Translated from Russian by Sergey Gerasimov
There's a wild beast lurking behind my tenderness.
My love, do you hear the future – the roaring forest fire?
The … read more about A Footprint in the Ashes of Time by Dmitry Blizniuk
Translated from Russian by Sergey Gerasimov
Three Prose Poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg,
Translated from Norwegian by Robert Hedin
NO. 1964
I’m prisoner 1964, my birth year. My cell number is the same as my phone number. I often sit in front of my cell … read more about Three Prose Poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg,
Translated from Norwegian by Robert Hedin
POETRY
A Footprint in the Ashes of Time by Dmitry Blizniuk
Translated from Russian by Sergey Gerasimov
There's a wild beast lurking behind my tenderness.
My love, do you hear the future – the roaring forest fire?
The … read more about A Footprint in the Ashes of Time by Dmitry Blizniuk
Translated from Russian by Sergey Gerasimov
Chainsaws, Monarchs and Milkweed
by Bob Meszaros
A day and night of wind and rain:
the big oaks fall; we hear each snap,
each crash into the weed-filled … read more about Chainsaws, Monarchs and Milkweed
by Bob Meszaros
FICTION
Without Barricades There Is No Proof of Intrusion
by Craig Foltz
I.
There are rivers everywhere. The color of your blood changes rapidly and results in heavy breathing. In most … read more about Without Barricades There Is No Proof of Intrusion
by Craig Foltz
Helsinki
by Niles Baldwin
I moved to the Helsinki in Maine because of the Helsinki in Finland. I wanted to move to the Helsinki that is the original, … read more about Helsinki
by Niles Baldwin
NONFICTION
Year-End Wrap-Up: The MAYDAY Editors’ Books of the Year
The MAYDAY editorial staff shares the books they read and revisited in 2021. Sara Alaica After reading THE BILINGUAL BRAIN early on the … read more about Year-End Wrap-Up: The MAYDAY Editors’ Books of the Year
Murmurations (I): First Memory of Birds
by Heather Bartel
In the first house I lived in, the first house my parents lived in together, but not the house in which I grew up, there was a pear tree in the … read more about Murmurations (I): First Memory of Birds
by Heather Bartel
