Children in Cages/Jacqui Taylor Basker

  Children In Cages   by J. Taylor Basker When I was four years old, I was separated from my parents in Puerto Rico and sent on an Army airplane on a friend’s lap to the mainland.  The situation in P.R. had become very difficult due to the war.  There were food...

Poena Damni/Poetry Review

Poena Damni Review/essay by Toti O’Brien   Dimitris Lyacos Poena Damni (2018) (Translated by Shorsha Sullivan) Shoestring Press http://www.shoestring-press.com/ ISBN: 978-1-912524-01-3 (3 book box set, $19.95)        1.      Who is the man in Z213?      The...

Good Boy/Fiction by Eric DePriester

      Good Boy   by Eric DePriester   Stuart grazed the open bar at his high school reunion, forcing conversation long enough to catch the bartender’s eye. As he ordered a scotch on the rocks, a familiar voice struck from behind. “Stu, how the hell are ya?” It took...
In search of… /by Fabia Wong

In search of… /by Fabia Wong

  A British film festival in France on the eve of Brexit, and thoughts on The Guardian’s Brexit Shorts   by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Columnist In March, the 22nd annual “British Screens” film festival was held in Nimes, a Provençal city of 150,000 souls. The...
Rainbow  Parenting Is Their Choice/Angie Ivan

Rainbow  Parenting Is Their Choice/Angie Ivan

  Rainbow  Parenting Is Their Choice  An Insight Into The Much-Disputed Same-Sex Parenting With a Straight And a Gay Therapist, Dr. Debi Yohn, And Joe Ramirez.   by Angie Ivan Contributing Writer How many times some of us haven’t wondered why a kid...