"Blue" by Mea Felder
A feather like quality, a child’s cruelty. Holding the prejudice of the adult— of a burden to fat to carry in their little arms, they...
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- 3 days ago
- 3 min
"Summer Days and Winter Nights" by Kevina Wright
I try to look cool like the girls I’ve seen you drive around before. Trying to pretend the sweat beading my forehead is my natural dew...
- May 13
- 6 min
"How I Learned To Love My Busted Grill" by Bud Sturguess
America's greatest First Daughter, the lovely Chelsea Clinton, graced the bedroom wall of every teenage boy from my generation. She was,...
- May 13
- 4 min
"Mother and Child" by Richard Stimac
For the first few years, when his father and Addie went to the Barracks, his father would stop by the welcome center and ask a volunteer...
- Apr 2
- 3 min
"Maestro" by Johan Alexander
The last time I saw Tango Master was downtown in front of Veracrúz Church. A busted gramophone sputtered on the sidewalk in front of the...
- Mar 5
- 9 min
"Self Loathing" by Danica Popovic
“There’s hardly anything left. It won’t be long before it’s just your eyes,” Belle said, holding the sides of my head and examining my...
- Mar 5
- 3 min
"Losing Face" & "Papaya Summers" by Amy Marques
Losing Face Don’t look in the mirror. Tilt ten degrees down: the phone, not the face. Tilt face to one side. Smile. Not a real smile. No...
- Feb 19
- 9 min
"Dime Mouth" By Tyler Plofker
I sit down at the diner and order a cold blueberry pancake and wait for Jenny, who asked me via text to go sit down at the diner and...
- Jan 22
- 9 min
"Tectonics" by Jocelyn Jane Cox
Appointment 1 Instead of stomping the slush off her boots, Regina wipes her feet on the mat with a restrained marching motion, almost...
- Jan 22
- 3 min
"A Walk in the Snow" by Monica Wang
The airbnb listing said Reconnect with yourself in nature and mindful solitude, and if that's not the realest thing I've read in years....
- Jan 22
- 10 min
"Shoveling Snow for Money" by Wayne McCray
Somewhere on the southside of Chicago, a clock-radio alarm blasted heavy metal at 4:30 a.m., soon followed by the sarcastic disc jockey...
- Jan 8
- 17 min
"The Tuner" by Yuan Changming
Facts can be more fascinating than fiction. Ming was acutely aware of that, but sometimes he wondered if he could tell one from the other...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
" 'Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome' by The Mountain Goats" by C. M. Green
I mostly just want to talk about this one Mountain Goats song. It came out pretty recently, but I’ve listened to it a hundred times...
- Oct 20, 2022
- 15 min
"Dear Bobby Sands" by Minglu Jiang
Content warnings for eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and body shaming DAY 18: 168 lbs Dear Bobby, I can’t believe it took me 18 days...
- Aug 22, 2022
- 9 min
"Seagulls Circle and Scream" by Goldie Peacock
CN: substance abuse; in-community use of a reclaimed slur (d*ke) I came to town thirsty for all that it had to offer. 2007 Portland...
- Aug 21, 2022
- 3 min
"Our Sketchy Sister Sam" by Sherry Cassells
My twin brother Clem had a club foot but could climb like you wouldn’t believe. He’d swoop up trees like we were on the moon and if a...
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
"So the wind won’t blow it all away" by rob mclennan
Only man, the pinnacle of creation, has the capacity to alter his world by wielding a sentence. Etgar Keret, trans. Jessica Cohen, “The...
- Jul 10, 2022
- 5 min
"He Knows Me Now" by Travis Cravey
When Lonny Morton walked into a bar, folks noticed. He was big and handsome. He was six foot five, two hundred and seventy pounds. He had...
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
"The Visitor" by Lorraine Murphy
“Loveen, sit down. We need to talk.” The old woman sits uninvited at your kitchen table in a torn grey pinafore and filthy shirt, her...
- Jul 10, 2022
- 6 min
"Easy" by Tiffany M. Storrs
Charlie only liked it when it was easy. Lukewarm bourbon whiskey out of a water bottle in the backseat of a Chevy easy. Pink panties...
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