STORY OF THE WEEK

In a Jar By Morgan Talty

In a Jar

By Morgan Talty
Not to be overdramatic, but my sister’s appearances in my life are like my wisdom teeth: rotting, and no good news comes from them.

POEM OF THE WEEK

Herefrom By Zack Rybak

Herefrom

By Zack Rybak
It wasn’t so much grief that I felt, but instead more the realization that I’d been grieving for as long as I could remember.

CALLING ALL POETS

CALLING ALL POETS
Poetry is “the eldest sister of all arts, and parent of most,” wrote William Congreve. We agree and are seeking poets and poems to celebrate with prizes and publication.

Please see the Guidelines.

POETRY

Quiver andOther Poems By Paisley Rekdal

Quiver and
Other Poems

By Paisley Rekdal
What do we do with memory, do we burn or do we embellish it, do we study it like the elk projected onto the archery studio screen?

FICTION

NONFICTION

NONFICTION

FICTION

Boston Commonat Twilight By Susan Minot

Boston Common
at Twilight

By Susan Minot
In that mysterious place, he would supposedly find someone to sell him pot.

NONFICTION

Fifteen Dogs By Rick Bass

Fifteen Dogs

By Rick Bass
You really should go back and pick up those little pups. / Ah, they’re feral, they wouldn’t make good pets, they’re irredeemable.

NONFICTION

Losing My Mother By Kate Small

Losing My Mother

By Kate Small
We run, balancing bags, pulling suitcases, through the airport hallways, and outside toward the cold December air.

POETRY

NARRATIVE OUTLOUD

NARRATIVE BY HAND

POETRY

Soledad andOther Poems By Deborah Paredez

Soledad and
Other Poems

By Deborah Paredez
Mary Ann is a fourteen-year-old runaway. Later she’ll say, I hitchhiked my way into history.

NARRATIVE OUTLOUD

Ca Dao By John Balaban

Ca Dao

By John Balaban
In 1971–1972, I returned to Vietnam with a tape recorder to collect the oral poetry know as ca dao.

NARRATIVE BY HAND

Notes and Annotations By William Butler Yeats

Notes and Annotations

By William Butler Yeats
Handwritten drafts of “Byzantium,” “Easter 1916,” “Under Ben Bulben,” and other poems.

iSTORIES

iSTORIES

Go-Go By Robert Kinerk

Go-Go

By Robert Kinerk
There was this go-go place in Oakland in 1968 where Kelly took us when we first got off the ship.
Phone Cards By Mary Morrissy

Phone Cards

By Mary Morrissy
I needs them to call my Angelo. How else he remember me? Please, I says, but it is no good.

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-04 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-04

By Various Artists
Great new toons by Joe Dator, Bob Eckstein, Seth Fleishman, John Klossner, and Mary Lawton.

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-03 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-03

By Various Artists
New art and humor from Pat Byrnes, Lydia Conklin, Bob Eckstein, Mick Stevens, and Julia Suits.
Cartoon Art Volume 2019-02 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-02

By Various Artists
New laughs from Seth Fleishman, Sam Marlow, Kim Warp, Sofia Warren, and P. C. Vey.