Cynthia Karalla’s “Read Rose”

Cynthia Karalla’s “Read Rose”

Read Rose, A work in process *** The Flowering of a Socio-Political Statement Read Rose, by Cynthia Karalla   by Pauline Joelle Reviewer Thousands of pages of the notorious Mueller Report, combined with a variety of recycled materials, give birth to these...
That Girl/Fiction by Kuzuha Makino

That Girl/Fiction by Kuzuha Makino

Photo by Masaaki Komori on Unsplash *** That Girl   by Kuzuha Makino Translated by Toshiya Kamei   Iwas shopping for dinner at a local supermarket. Chinatsu was bawling, but I couldn’t calm her down. Akira-kun wanted to eat meat for dinner, so I’d withdrawn...

Dewitt Henry/Interview

DEWITT HENRY’s “SWEET MARJORAM” An interview with the author by Jennifer Acker   JENNIFER ACKER:  How did this essay collection develop? It’s remarkably unified in tone and in approach to the subjects, so I wondered if it was conceived as a...

Carol Smallwood: Interviewing the Interviewer

  Interviewing the Interviewer An e-talk with Carol Smallwood   by Mike Foldes Managing Editor Mike Foldes: Carol, please tell us a bit about your background and how you came to writing.  Carol Smallwood: My first book came from teachers asking where to get...
Pyro: A memoir of California/Creative Nonfiction

Pyro: A memoir of California/Creative Nonfiction

Photo by Andy Watkins on Unsplash *** Pyro: a memoir of California   by Gregory Von Dare My workday day began at 6:00 a.m. After the clock-in, my first task was to open a six-foot tall safe. That hulk was painted fire-engine red, and its walls were three-inches thick...