Further Reading
The Art of Poetry And Translation: How The Disappearing Ox Reimagines a Buddhist Parable
by Aya Kusch
The Disappearing Ox is available for $28 at Brilliantbooks.com In the 1990s, the artist Max Gimblett suggested a novel yet intriguing project to the poet Lewis Hyde; that they create a modern, American version of the twelfth-century Chinese parable known as the Oxherding series. Hyde agreed, and from there emerged an odyssey into the realm […]
SAFE RETURN by Carrie Shipers
On the news, we thanked the FBI, local and state police, volunteers, everyone who helped us bring our daughter home. We asked for privacy while she recovered but were sure she wouldn’t need counseling, just a nightlight, new clothes, patience when she acted out. She came home with bloody socks and no underwear. She has […]
The River Path
by John Geddes
MAYDAY Prizes in Short Fiction 2023 Finalist
On his usual walk he came to a stretch where boulders were freshly dumped along the riverbank. No mystery: he knew this was to stop the erosion that had become a worry. There had been a public meeting about it; he’d meant to attend but forgotten. According to the account he read online, the room […]
