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20 PEOPLE HIRED TO HUG by the Gao Brothers
Further Reading
self-portrait as rodent
by Sophie Hall
my sister tells me what it’s like to run across the roof of a repair shop: it made noises like the Mount Storm floor and I thought I was going to fall everywhere. . almost-euphemism—the floor of our fear . holds the name of our […]
THE TELEVISION MAKES ITS PROMISES BETWEEN CHANNELS by Gabriel Welsch
The dark and quiet, short-lived both, each a little hang-up, the line’s tiny death. The light stops just enough to blanket the soup bowl, the afghan’s tatters, the stopped clock, the slide of magazines to the dusty floor. As if the pause whispers departure, the assurance strong as water moving, that it all leaves for […]
Underworld
by Dana Curtis
This poem was nominated for The Best of the Net. It was done in an hour, and the aftermath was a red light sinking behind a line of bodies, nothing like a bread line or staying up all night to get the best seats. My cut was waiting in a box by the door while […]
