The Truants, by Eastman Johnson

Blank Verse and Epistolary

August 8, 2024




Further considerations

[fiction]

Baby Boom and Bust

By Thomas Wright

‘Howdy hoody! Lemme guess: you was just passing through the middle of middle England, and you recognized the flame-decorated Ferrari outside my Hobbit Hole, and you buzzed ‘cos you fancied a parley?'

[article]

Telling the Truth

By Randi Schalet

I once told a therapist my father was molesting me. It wasn’t true. I was twenty-five and exhausted, lying awake most nights trying to understand why I felt so sad when nothing in my life was obviously wrong.

[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.