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A Gesture of Love: An Interview with Carl Phillips; Interview conducted by Laine Derr

July 27, 2017

I was honored when Carl Phillips, Department of English at Washington University in St. Louis, agreed to an interview. He is a prolific author whose most recent collection Reconnaissance (2015) continues to establish him as a leading poetic voice. When asked what advice he would give to someone new to writing, Phillips succinctly responded, “Read … More A Gesture of Love: An Interview with Carl Phillips; Interview conducted by Laine Derr

Emily, Beside Herself by Jennifer Fliss

July 27, 2017

Emily was beside herself. Literally, beside herself. She wasn’t sure what happened or how it was even possible. One minute she was on the 2 train sitting between a woman reading The Alchemist (cliché) and a business suit with a cell phone clipped to his belt. (Also cliché. Also tacky and gauche). The next minute … More Emily, Beside Herself by Jennifer Fliss

Watching TV by John Talbird

July 27, 2017

When I was growing up, we had a twenty-five-inch screen television in every room. I watched the Doors perform “Light My Fire” on Ed Sullivan in my bedroom when I was just a little kid. Dad was home from work, sucking down a bumper of beer in his easy chair in the family room, Walter … More Watching TV by John Talbird

3 Poems by Ashley Kunsa

July 26, 2017

Standing in the Garden of Myself Where My Lover Misplaced a Rusting Trowel sweet nectar of firebush plumbing the fraudulent ____________________________________this argument from broken deities __________________does it matter? ________________________as light unspools across the thorax of _________________________________________inevitability___________________wading _____course you don’t know me _________________________________________________in this winter-colored dress, my wine-streaked cheeks, their hasty bloom _____________________a zebra longwing … More 3 Poems by Ashley Kunsa

The Adventures Of The Moving Lump by Damyanti Biswas

April 13, 2016

By Damyanti Biswas Omi remembered the summer he turned six for different reasons. He lost his first tooth, Grandpa died in a faraway Indian village, and Grandma came to live with them in their tiny apartment in Florida. But of that summer, he remembered best the stories Grandma told him, speaking in a firm, clear … More The Adventures Of The Moving Lump by Damyanti Biswas

For All The Men Who Slept With Her by Damyanti Biswas

April 13, 2016

By Damyanti Biswas From a distance, she took him for a boy. But on looking closer, Laura knew him for a boy-sized man, one of those people nature chooses to sport with. She felt a gush of rage. She wanted to gather him up in her soft arms and tell him he looked good in … More For All The Men Who Slept With Her by Damyanti Biswas

G.K. Lamb at Bookmans Saturday

February 24, 2016

By Christine Davis I remember being seventeen in Ms. Knudsen’s AP Environmental Science class. She was Canadian and had purple streaks in her hair, so everyone wanted to enroll. Each day we learned that the planet was doomed. G.K. Lamb’s dystopian, debut novel is about this inevitable doom as told through the first-person lens of … More G.K. Lamb at Bookmans Saturday

Vintage Binoculars by Leah Browning

November 29, 2015

Vintage Binoculars by Leah Browning Danny found them on a shelf at the back of the shop. The thin leather strap was worn to a string on one side, and missing its snap, but someone had looped it through and tied it in a knot. They were otherwise in good condition, for their age. He took them to … More Vintage Binoculars by Leah Browning

Flight 2418 by Paul Bergstraesser

June 5, 2015

Flight 2418 By Paul Bergstraesser “Sir?” Was she talking to him? Who knew. He kept his eyes closed. “Sir.” Yeah, it was him. He took a deep breath and looked at the flight attendant. Her face was artificial-nice from corporate training but underneath he read sourness and disgust. Wasn’t the first time somebody had been repulsed by … More Flight 2418 by Paul Bergstraesser

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRAINS by Hsien Chong Tan

August 31, 2014

BY HSIEN CHONG TAN When I was a little girl in New York, I loved to ride the subway. Back then, I didn’t care about the grime or the roaches. And the weirdoes on board didn’t scare me. I liked how a bunch of buskers would just pop on the train, play a song, and … More MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRAINS by Hsien Chong Tan