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Issue Spring '24

"Being proud is a sin" by Madeleine Matzer

Short Story

And Then There Were Nuns

by Maria Valenzuela Frangakis

We moved to Río Hondo from our small village of San Jacinto in the heat of summer in 1962. I’d been hearing about this impending move for as long as I ...read the full piece

Short Story

Hold Me Tight

by L. Vocem

Content warning: This text contains references to sexual assault and violence. A bus arrives at the strip mall parking lot. I check the number. It’s ...read the full piece

"how come you say what i was thinking yesterday" by Agnes Schneidewind

Short Story

The Disruption of Public Order

by Lucy Braun

It only takes one asshole to ruin a good thing for everybody else. Today the water is surprisingly warm. After everyone’s heating bill went up thanks ...read the full piece

Essay

Ancestry

by Angela Patera

On a crisp December day, my 16-year-old twins, Eric and Rachel, burst into the room, practically radiating excitement. Eric shared the news that their ...read the full piece

Flash Nonfiction

The Bracelet Seller

by Viviana De Cecco

The first time I saw him, he was sitting in the shade of an oleander tree, on a stone bench a stone’s throw from one of the kiosks on the waterfront. ...read the full piece

Essay

ESOL Kid

by Madari Pendas

“Wild tongues can’t be tamed; they can only be cut out.” ― Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza I didn’t speak English when I ...read the full piece

"The Shape of Existence" by Marjan Habibian (www.marjanhabibian.com)

Poetry

How a Mother Ages

by Sushma A. Singh

In bits, in steps heavy with things named-unnamed; her tender tilt on a twirling earth. In the lake of her aura, with light and shadow unfolding their ...read the full piece

"The Unbearable Lightness" by Sally Broadbent

Poetry

Butterfly

by Agnieszka Filipek

My father had a collection of butterflies. First he put the pin into the thorax, then on the edges of the wings and dried each butterfly in the sun on ...read the full piece

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Issue Spring '24

In Conversation

A Poetic Voyage of Conscience through the Maze of Memory: A Review of Ankit Raj Ojha's "Pinpricks"

Coming to Terms with Yourself — A Review of “Almost Happy” by Ella Voss

Recovering Lives Left Behind: A Review of "Saltwater Demands a Psalm" by Kweku Abimbola

The International Political Poet: An Interview with Serena Piccoli

News & Events

(Writers) in Climate Crisis — Workshop and Reading

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