[T]he value which we attribute to our own civilization is due to the fact that we participate in […] In Humboldt County by Jan ClausenMarch 13, 2022 in Prose by Emma Bolden
When the two men in unicorn suits walk into the Exxon, Irma Jean wants to laugh but doesn’t. […] Men Dress as Unicorns, and You Won’t Believe What Happens ...March 13, 2022 in Prose tagged Katie DePasquale by Emma Bolden
In his The Enlightenment in America, historian Henry May points out one of the big problems of digging […] Astronomy and the Uneducated Acolyte of Science: The Archive’s Haves ...March 13, 2022 in Prose tagged Nick Courtright by Emma Bolden
This time, the story writes itself. You’re in the grocery store and someone passes by with their cart. […] The Next Story by Carol GuessMarch 13, 2022 in Prose tagged Carol Guess / Prose by Emma Bolden
“This world is being made from our lives, our cries, our laughter, our bones. It is a world […] Women Who Run with the Words: Meads, Farris and Chinquee ...March 13, 2022 in Prose tagged Karin Falcone Krieger / Prose by Emma Bolden
Mark scans the chalkboard for anything edible. Behind the stainless-steel counter, Joe wears a hairnet over his bald […] Showtime by Anthony D’AriesNovember 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Anthony D'Aries by Emma Bolden
The New Kid (1962) The new kid, bigger by a head than even the tallest girl, Maryanne, who […] Excerpt from True Confessions (and brief dreams) in a Time ...November 14, 2021 in Prose by Emma Bolden
The first time I went with Estrella into the woods, my mother was still alive. Earlier that day, […] Falling Triptych by Dale TrumboreNovember 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Dale Trumbore by Emma Bolden
This book could have been written only by a poet of long life and experience. As the reader […] On Paul Nemser’s A Thousand Curves: A Review by Aline ...November 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Aline Soules by Emma Bolden
The first sound I heard emerging from the pages of Elizabeth Metzger’s prize-winning collection, Bed, was a cry […] Beyond Dread: A Review Essay on Elizabeth Metzger’s Bed by ...November 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Barbara Huddleston by Emma Bolden
A book of poems is a curious thing. Quite different from a novel, it seems to be closer […] Love Poems Not for the Faint of Heart: A Review ...November 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Alexis David / Jennifer Militello by Emma Bolden
W.J. Herbert’s Dear Specimen is full of apostrophe; these poems address, in absentia, the “you”s of trilobites and […] On W.J. Herbert’s Dear Specimen: A Review by Jane ZwartNovember 14, 2021 in Prose by Emma Bolden