STORY OF THE WEEK

The Flowersof Bermuda By D. R. MacDonald

The Flowers
of Bermuda

By D. R. MacDonald
A mist of respect, almost of reverence, hovered over the old country. You didn’t get stabbed there.

POEM OF THE WEEK

Hymn for You By Chessy Normile

Hymn for You

By Chessy Normile
May you find coins. May you unlock things, e.g., mythic eggs. May you destroy the coins. May I take your coat.

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

Delphiniums in a Window Box By Dean Young

Delphiniums in a Window Box

By Dean Young
Every sunrise, sometimes strangers’ eyes. Not necessarily swans, even crows, even the evening fusillade of bats.

Spring Issue

FEATURES


FICTION

FICTION

Spring Issue

FEATURES

Charlottesville Burning By Gregory Orr

Charlottesville Burning

By Gregory Orr
In the face of darkness, the words and images here call to the better instincts of humanity.


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.

FICTION

The Rescue By Joyce Carol Oates

The Rescue

By Joyce Carol Oates
Already it was late. He’d missed supper. Past 9 p.m. No one asked any longer—Where’s Daddy?

NONFICTION

NONFICTION

NONFICTION

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

Fifteen Ways to Avoid Gardening By Ann Beattie

Fifteen Ways to Avoid Gardening

By Ann Beattie
Call tick control. When they don’t show up, see if mosquito control can help in their own quiet, noncarcinogenic way.

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.

NARRATIVE 10

iSTORIES

NARRATIVE 10

Narrative 10 By Ocean Vuong

Narrative 10

By Ocean Vuong
Q: A line that continues to inspire you?

A: “What if a piece of wood discovers it’s a violin?”

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.

NARRATIVE OUTLOUD

POETRY

POETRY

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.

POETRY

Eating at the Fancy Shanghai Restaurant By Carlina Duan

Eating at the Fancy Shanghai Restaurant

By Carlina Duan
tell me more / I’m hungry / how much? I stutter in English, a wingless weight.

POETRY

A Blessing By Carlie Hoffman

A Blessing

By Carlie Hoffman
My younger brother and I crammed our bodies underneath the round dining table, field mice entering a tulip’s ear.

POETRY

POETRY

iPOEMS

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.

POETRY

Ode to the Boot Scraper on the Stoop andOther Poems By Austin Smith

Ode to the Boot Scraper on the Stoop and
Other Poems

By Austin Smith
The man who broke it too poor not to put it to use.

iPOEMS

Old-Time Religion By Christopher Warner

Old-Time Religion

By Christopher Warner
I light fires in the dark wake of space where you have tarried. Or died.

NARRATIVE BY HAND

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

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.

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-05 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2019-05

By Various Artists
New laughs from Lydia Conklin, Kaamran Hafeez, David Rowles, P. C. Vey, and Kim Warp.

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.