Read More: A brief interview with Elizabeth Logan Harris Being advisor for three doctoral students is not advisable. But the department is small and smaller now with one on sabbatical and one—God knows where—so Dr. Areera has no choice. Her desk is awash in paper: files, dissertation drafts, and notes for her own overdue article. […]
Volant – from the French verb voler: to fly, to steal On my bedside table, I keep five birds— a silvereye, a flycatcher, a hummingbird, a waxwing, and a plover—torn from a calendar, like a thought-pocket. Down makes a good coat, I say to the fan, flying in circles on the ceiling. I stuff my […]
Like this: roads, tarry black. White lines ticking along, a winsome drop of rain on the windshield. A storm about to break. Coffee, coffee, coffee, spaghetti & meatballs. Motels, advertising the free breakfast buffet. Parking lots, one streetlight growing out of some tindery bushes. Dead buck on the road’s shoulder. I was at the beginning […]
“The Arithmetic of Earth, Wind & Fire;” “Newsflash: Film Star Has Feet of Clay;” “History Lesson;” and “Pear” by Susannah W. Simpson appeared in Issue 24 and can be read here. We’d love to hear more about your writing process. The most difficult part of the craft for me is listening. If I can find […]
Read More: A brief interview with Claire Scott The Party is Not The Same All my friends are here.My children. My awesome sisters.We give each other some serious hugs.A young man with a beginning beard opens bottles of wine.A tatted server passes smoked salmon.Imagine is playing, your favorite.I turn to touch your hand.And I remember. […]
“tick more slowly,” “Seeking Balance,” and “A Wheelchair named Prudence” by Meg Freer appeared in Issue 23 and can be read here. What’s the most difficult part of the writing process for you? Some people write with background music, but ideally I need silence and no one around. My biggest challenge is finding quiet times […]
Read More: A brief interview with Elisa Abatsis The Boviall family disappeared while my girlfriend Ashley was still in Tennessee helping her father with his new baby and the whole thing was really burning a hole in my pocket by the time she was on the bus back home. Ashley loved anything to do with […]
Read More: A brief interview with Steve Berta Out the round window of the Boeing 737, the Ojai wildfire emerged from the night, a leering jack o’ lantern, devouring the contours of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The jet creaked and tipped. We descended into the lights of Goleta. The coastal mountain range rose up, hiding […]
Read More: A Brief Interview with Patricia Zylius Soil Song I squeeze a fat, sweet fistful and I want to taste it. Feldspar’s luster, glimmer of quartz and mica. The slow dissolve of mole bones into minerals. Worm castings. Microbes humming withered leaves and insect bits into humus. Oh bless those tiny multitudes wedded to […]
“Soil Song,” “Little Grandpa Joe,” and “Were you close to your mother?” by Patricia Zylius appeared in Issue 22 and can be read here. We’d love to hear more about these poems. “Soil Song” started out comparing healthy living soil to the dead medium conventional crops are grown in, toxins, and how destructive corporate agriculture […]