I met Toad during a rough time. I mean, I wasn’t sick or addicted or anything. Nobody I knew had just died, and I wasn’t living on the streets. It was … read more about A Painter’s Secret
by Matt Whelihan
Main Content
Fiction
A Painter’s Secret
Recognition
by Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio
[Editors' Note: An embryonic version of this piece, titled "Me, the Other," was originally published in Spanish in a small circulation magazine. The … read more about Recognition
by Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio
Fighting for His Brother
by Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio
This is how it happened.
It was early in the evening. William was home, practicing his piano, when his older brother Rhodias and his squadron … read more about Fighting for His Brother
by Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio
Poetry
What the Mind Hungers for
by Michael T. Young
There is so much reality it often escapes me.
Even at dinner, while chewing root vegetables,
the excess bursts from my … read more about What the Mind Hungers for
by Michael T. Young
The Mind as a Poor City Planner
by Michael T. Young
Like these abandoned buildings along the boulevard
some good ideas can fall into disrepair: dark
in their vacancies, whole … read more about The Mind as a Poor City Planner
by Michael T. Young
Song
by Michael T. Young
The first sentence of a certain history
is written near an estuary, in a building
with no address, behind the last … read more about Song
by Michael T. Young
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Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss -
Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan -
What the Mind Hungers for
by Michael T. Young -
The Mind as a Poor City Planner
by Michael T. Young -
Song
by Michael T. Young -
Scottish Husband
by Tori Grant Welhouse -
The Hazards
by Jane O. Wayne -
In Defense of the Marriage Act
by Barbara Kreader Skalinder -
Wonders
by Katherine Riegel -
Helpless
by Katherine Riegel
NONFICTION
Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss
The scrap yard at the north end of my long city street hummed like a dystopic anthill, the day I drove up in my 15-year-old … read more about Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss
Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan
Academics who study science fiction have typically been fixated on what they see as its privileged relationship with … read more about Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan
The Miracle of Ordinary
by Janette Schafer
The only things that remain of his past as a drug dealer are the physical indicators: pocked track marks in the creases of … read more about The Miracle of Ordinary
by Janette Schafer
REVIEWS
Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
(reviewed by Brian Satrom)
THOUSAND STAR HOTEL
by Bao Phi
Coffee House Press (2017)
110 pages
reviewed by Brian Satrom
What authors empathize … read more about Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
(reviewed by Brian Satrom)
Poems in Water by Mary Langer Thompson
(reviewed by Carol Smallwood)
POEMS IN WATER
by Mary Langer Thompson
Green Fuse Poetic Arts (2014)
57 pages
reviewed by Carol Smallwood
Every poetry … read more about Poems in Water by Mary Langer Thompson
(reviewed by Carol Smallwood)
Velvet Rodeo by Kelly McQuain
(reviewed by Marc Frazier)
VELVET RODEO
by Kelly McQuain
Bloom Books (March 2014)
42 pages
reviewed by Marc Frazier
This collection takes us on a … read more about Velvet Rodeo by Kelly McQuain
(reviewed by Marc Frazier)
TRANSLATIONS
The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)
Translator’s Note: Under communist rule, the government strongly discouraged celebration of religious holidays. In a … read more about The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)
[The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)
The nightingale is plucking out its feathers. So what if it pulls them all out? I bought you a flower. You said it had … read more about [The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)
Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)
Mr. Z still had many things to do. He always woke up early and prepared his mind to get them done properly. He looked around … read more about Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)
INTERVIEWS
Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, … read more about Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
Juan Gelacio interviewed by Robert Joe Stout: Invisible on Paper
An estimated six-and-a-half million Mexican-born citizens live and work in the United States without legal authorization. … read more about Juan Gelacio interviewed by Robert Joe Stout: Invisible on Paper
Eric Shonkwiler interviewed by David Bowen: Power & Light
Eric Shonkwiler is the author of two novels and a collection of stories and novellas. The stories in his collection, Moon Up, … read more about Eric Shonkwiler interviewed by David Bowen: Power & Light
