non-fiction

Latest Publications:

[poetry]

Thoughts of Endangered Paper

By Kenneth Nichols

Here I am, looking at this copy of a // two hundred-dollar book.

[poetry]

this is about capitalism, and The Poet Sees Her Ex at Pride

By Emma Johnson-Rivard

duty pulled a mountain along lesser used roads. // time was ill-spent preparing workers for the crossing.

[poetry]

good people on both sides, and running fingers through your hair, thin as feathers

By Kathleen Hellen

My dear trees, I no longer recognize you // The storm puts its mouth to the house

[poetry]

Pray at the Altar of Delusion and Haiku Suite on the Nine Muses

By Disha Rajasekar

Look upon the simple life tinged by shades of emotions, all // of it a facade to entertain one’s own delusions.

[poetry]

Someone Else's Grief and Job Before the Job

By Ace Boggess

I’ve never walked in driving rain // as she does now, the noise so sudden & // vast as to become its own silence.

[poetry]

Blame the Lighter and Decoupage

By Zoe Nace

My left ear thrums every time my heart beats

[poetry]

Presidents Day and Before Knocking

By Peter Leroe-Muñoz

Snowed in // and the power napping // like a fed puppy.

[poetry]

Lament of the Perfectionist

By Julie Shulman

I am building a boat in the basement // and there are still so many details to work out.

[article]

The Grief Lexicon

By Nosawema E Charles

I opened your bag today. The orange one Mrs. A gave you on your last birthday, the one with the gold buckle you said made you “feel like a senator’s wife.” I don’t know why I was reaching for it.

[article]

OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

By Cara Howard

We waited two hours for our turn to pay our respects. Bill and I shifted in a pew at the back of the sanctuary while snapshots from happier days looped on large screens near the altar. Conversations buzzed all around us.