POETRY: DON’T LOOT DON’T SHOOT by Tom Lakin
For George Floyd, Age 46 Don’t loot. Don’t shoot. Don’t sit. Don’t stand. Don’t look. Don’t touch. Don’t speak. Don’t ride. Don’t march. Don’t shout. Don’t kneel. Don’t vote. Don’t […]
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About Your Writing: Restrictions
Limitations are your ally. The challenge is finding them and seeing them.
Nonfiction: The Routine Itself by Micaela Walley
I envy people who get to talk about what is wrong with them without ever giving it a name.
The Taste: June 30, 2020
Books the play with the concept of time Sales soar for black-owned bookstores Best bartending guides and cocktail books An interview with Jennifer Worley about her memoir, Neon Girls: A […]
All Her Most Private Places: An Interview with Meghan Lamb by Curtis Smith
I’m less interested in the question of what defines poetry versus prose and more interested in why we have certain assumptions about what fiction is
Poetry: Marbling by Michael T. Smith
Michael T. Smith is an Assistant Professor of English who teaches both writing and film courses. He has published over 150 pieces (poetry and prose) in over 80 different journals. […]
Welcome Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor Lesley Heiser!
We’re excited to welcome new Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor Lesley Heiser! Lesley Heiser’s work appears or is forthcoming in Boulevard, Puerto del Sol, DIAGRAM, Silk Road, Stirring, The Rumpus, The […]
Fiction: Skywatch by Jessie Lovett Allen
No, this isn’t anxiety—anxiety is defined by uncertainty. But she is certain.
The Taste: June 23, 2020
The fiction of Leonard Cohen Fifty independent black-owned bookstores you can support today Kacen Callender’s Felix Ever After should serve as an example to everyone writing queer YA One writer’s fascination […]
Poetry: We are, all of us, looking by McKenna Themm
But we forget to notice our own undoing and clench onto the hope that we are, all of us, looking
