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Daily Archives: July 30, 2023
July 26 I checked into the Mariott Residence Inn two days ago. I went outside around 9:00 pm […]
That Summer in Yonkers by Lillian Slugocki
My boss, a great food chemist and inventor of tastes like Keurig’s Hot Apple Cider, had recently retired. […]
Spaghetti Man by Sam Schieren
They came in on the Zodiacs with the Armorflate up. For the first two thousand meters the outboards […]
Muslim Sea Burial by Andrew Rose
Heather works at the mental institution and when she walks into a patient’s room with feces on the […]
Risk by Laurie Lindop
In this stunning excerpt of her in-progress novel, Simi Singh shows us that the best writing is not […]
An Introduction to Simi Singh by Kristina Marie Darling
In her book Questions of Travel, Elizabeth Bishop muses: ... Oh, tourist,is this how this country is going […]
An American Prufrock: Shannon Nakai on Nick Courtright’s The Forgotten ...
As a woman, I am concerned about the body. As a US-American woman, I am concerned about our […]
“I find in the mirror a woman”: (Bodily) Citizenship in ...
A book of poetry can land on your lap heavily during a time of contemplation, or it can […]
Slippery & Untameable: Miriam Calleja on J. Mae Barizo’s Tender ...
Not everyone will read the physical copy of Little Astronaut by J. Hope Stein, but in doing so, […]
Shannon Vare Christine on J. Hope Stein’s little astronaut
James Morehead’s The Plague Doctor is a celebration of the ways art can be experienced. Inspired by street […]
“Our Artisans Suggest You Linger in Each Hall:” Karin Falcone ...
I’ve written reviews about three other books on the topic of childhood sexual abuse over the years, and […]