“When a civilization, or indeed life, moves on, much is lost and disappears,but there are also kingdoms that […] Haunted by Florence Nightingale by Melissa PritchardSeptember 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Melissa Pritchard by Erica Buist
View As if a door has opened. Through it an edgeless, day-scorching light—unbound and vigilant. Its searing luminance […] A Home, in the Age of Forms by Philip ArnoldSeptember 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Philip Arnold by Erica Buist
I trained myself to sleep on my feet. From 4:34 to 4:40am, I stood suspended in gelatin on […] Mono and Stereo by Angela TownsendSeptember 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Angela Townsend by Erica Buist
This Used to Be a City This Used to Be a City by T.B. GrennanSeptember 13, 2024 in Prose tagged T.B. Grennan by Erica Buist
When I watch basketball, I watch on mute. I find arena noise too loud, frenetic, scattered, an indoor […] Between Stimulus and Response: On Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Space by ...September 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Will Gibbons by Erica Buist
Forms Most Beautiful Inside you, intricate bird of glass,is an egg of glass.And inside that egg, another bird […] George Young – “Three Triptychs”May 13, 2024 in Prose tagged George Young by Erica Buist
“Why not imagine a life?” — Philip Levine Lana was getting ready. In the mirror, her […] Kelle Groom – “Life On Another Planet”May 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Kelle Groom by Erica Buist
Uncle drew us a map measured in footsteps —four large ones west, post, four more, post, then repeat […] Hannah Chouteau Merriman – “In the Queue”May 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Hannah Choteau Merriman by Erica Buist
A wall cleared of nails / for the ghosts to walk through – Solmaz Sharif My father died […] Alana Dao – “Feeding the Ducks”May 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Alana Dao by Erica Buist
I’m standing in front of a Ku Klux Klan hood. It floats at eye-level, disembodied in the glass […] Rebecca Jamieson – “Sewing White Supremacy”May 13, 2024 in Nonfiction / Prose tagged Rebecca Jamieson by Erica Buist
I was 29 years old, recovering from a cold, and unemployed. On my laptop screen were five tiles […] Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda – “Suppli”May 13, 2024 in Prose tagged Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda by Erica Buist