It’s been two years since my wife and I have had sex.
Sex Boxers by Ben Decter
It’s been two years since my wife and I have had sex.
Radishes by Amber Burke
One winter….I coat checked at a French bistro in Chelsea where there were radishes in bowls on the zinc bartop.
Eggs by Shannon Purdy Jones
Her clay brown body would have blended in with the tile if not for black and gold eyes….
This Side of Silence by AV Bruce
David has AIDS, the letter says. He went into hospital last week with pneumonia.
When We Used To Glow by Tom McAllister
When we say there used to be more lightning bugs, I’m afraid we’re really talking about how our parents used…
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Sex Boxers by Ben Decter
Radishes by Amber Burke
One winter….I coat checked at a French bistro in Chelsea where there were radishes in bowls on the zinc bartop.
Eggs by Shannon Purdy Jones
Her clay brown body would have blended in with the tile if not for black and gold eyes….
This Side of Silence by AV Bruce
David has AIDS, the letter says. He went into hospital last week with pneumonia.
When We Used To Glow by Tom McAllister
When we say there used to be more lightning bugs, I’m afraid we’re really talking about how our parents used to be alive.
It Is Particularly Requested by Katherine Rawson
It is particularly requested that no flowers be sent.
Mourning the Unknown by LuLu Grant
I grew up hearing about my adoption, how I had a Chinese mama and papa.
Some Measure of Comfort by Belinda J. Kein
I should have….seen it coming those last days when we barely moved from that garish yellow sofa…
One Last Bite by L.C. Button
He takes care of his body well into his eighties. Then his brain betrays him, a stroke.
ARTICLES & COLUMNS
INTERVIEW: Jesse Lee Kercheval, Author of French Girl
I always think with a poem, if I knew where it was going, it wouldn’t be a good poem.
REVIEW: American Boomer by Steven Fisher
Steve Fisher is a reliable narrator, full of honesty.
CRAFT: 6 Questions for Authors on the Path to Publication by Angel R. Ackerman
Now that I’m on the other side of the desk, I encourage you to ask these questions before you submit your work to a publisher….
INTERVIEW: Jonathan Corcoran, Author of No Son of Mine: A Memoir
Jonathan Corcoran, born and raised in rural West Virginia, writes about the messy estrangement from his mother in No Son of Mine: A Memoir.
REVIEW: The Trauma Mantras: A Memoir in Prose Poems by Adrie Kusserow
It’s a gift to learn from others’ disciplines—and discipline—from their careful, thoughtful study and observation.
REVIEW: Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon
[Ariel] Gordon creates an intimacy with the reader that makes us sit up and take notice…”
REVIEW: Hell Gate Bridge: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness, and Hope by Barrie Miskin
Hell Gate Bridge is an apt metaphor. Miskin’s symptoms were many, severe, and disorienting.
INTERVIEW: Ellen van Neerven, Author of Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity
The collection invites readers to better understand and imagine queer and First Nations experiences in Australia, where Ellen van Neervan lives.
CRAFT: On Writing Trauma in Creative Nonfiction by Travis Harman
I mined my brain, every crevice, searching for parts of me that only I knew.
WRITING LIFE: Get Thee to a Writer’s Conference: How Attending Both Did and Did Not Change My Life by Lori D’Angelo
Like many new MFA grads, I had a lot of questions.
REVIEW: Take Back the Magic: Conversations With the Unseen World by Perdita Finn
After Finn’s father died, she received her inheritance in the mail: a small jet-black rock circled by twisted iron rods….
