Ashanti Anderson’s three poems presented here—”Self-Portrait as Overseer,” “Self Portrait in Blackface, and “Resignation” are from her forthcoming […]
Simone Muench
A man took a hammer to Michelangelo’s Pieta, breaking Mary’s nose in three, fragmenting her fingers, leaving […]
Restorations by Rebecca Morgan Frank
Anna Maria Hong is a lyrical spellcaster enticing the reader to spiral down the rabbit hole […]
An Introduction to Anna Maria Hong by Simone Muench
The phrase “Our girl as nowhere as she can be” becomes the radial of Erica Wright’s poem […]
An Introduction to Erica Wright by Simone Muench
Not only does Nicky Beer have exquisite taste in skull print accoutrements, she has an exquisite […]
An Introduction to Nicky Beer by Simone Muench
From a manuscript titled Threnody Fury & Psalms, the three pieces available here are haunting distillations of sorrow […]
An Introduction to Jackie White by Simone Muench
Whether she’s penning a scathing indictment of the cult of Kim Kardashian, or composing an exalted song to […]
An Introduction to Jameka Williams by Simone Muench
I first met Ruben Quesada at a local bar in Chicago called the The Innertown Pub […]
An Introduction to Ruben Quesada by Simone Muench
“Don’t mistake / me as a fairy tale for the other girls,” declares Saint Margaret of Antioch […]