Joe Weil/Poetry

  The flowers offend me because they are filthy– their roots scraggly with dirt And the sky offends me because it is bigger than I and how  dare that sky dwarf me? And you offend me because… well just because. I think you like flowers I think you like the...

Shane Carreon/Poetry

Kinilaw  One of these days I am going to ask my father how to make kinilaw, raw anchovies or tuna steeped in vinegar and coconut milk, the pieces eaten by hand from a communal bowl and eaten only with people you trust. Each anchovy held by its head, deftly deboned by...

Dave Roskos/Poetry

GATEKEEPERS If I say “Lock out the gatekeepers!” does it make me a gatekeeper? Some gates slam shut so fast they can sever a limb Other gates more lackadaisical, hinged on whims Saint Peter, the ultimate gatekeeper! (Heaven must be quite a club) Robert Frost said...

Emily Vogel reviews “Day Counter”

    Motherhood: An Erasure of the Self? A Review of “Day Counter, by Sara Mumolo Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Omnidawn (October 30, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1632430606 ISBN-13: 978-1632430601 Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.3 x 8.9 inches   By...

Mark Blickley/Translated From the Portuguese

  Translated From the Portuguese This past Fall I co-curated an exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal, “Tributaries,” that opened on Sept. 30th and ran for three months under the auspices of the international artist’s cooperative, Urban Dialogues....