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September 28, 2012 | Nonfiction

Spontaneously Fermented

Ken Weaver

The Ship: Behind the bar is a small window, and behind the window, a small room. On the left side, stacked within metal lattices, are wooden barrels tilted on their sides and filled with unknown

September 28, 2012 |

Easy Rider (1969)

Max

Easy Rider perfectly displays the counter-culture rebellion of the 1960s. Two hippie bros, Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), ride their motorcycles from Los Angeles to New Orleans in

September 27, 2012 | Poetry

Two Poems

Ben Clark & Colin Winnette

No people are my people. I am without a means of saving anyone.

September 26, 2012 | Nonfiction

Granny Summons the Alligator

Aaron Alford

It’s a different gator every year, but we talk like it’s the same one.

 

September 25, 2012 |

I Deserve This

Kevin Weidner

The night needed a push. I was the only customer in the place, this small dark place called Barely Legal with just one stage and a handful of circle tables and red candles. I’d run out of money

September 24, 2012 |

Southern Soft Drink Archeologies

Barry Grass

In the back of my fridge, behind the bottles of Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale and cans of Good People IPA and bottles of Lipton Green Tea with Citrus and assorted bottles of water, there’s a bottle of blue pop.

September 21, 2012 | Fiction, Interview

An Interview with Michael Martone

Matthew Baker

In 2010, Michael Martone began conducting a series of interviews. Each of these interviews was written under the pen name Matthew Baker, each of these interviews was titled “An Interview with

September 21, 2012 |

Dark Horse (2012)

Max

Okay, so the trailer makes Dark Horse seem like a fun, silly comedy about a man who might not be the most mature guy ever, but seems really likable. About twenty minutes into the film, however, I

September 20, 2012 | Fiction

Word Counts

Tasha Matsumoto

Doesn’t it always begin with a contraction, a fluttering musclequake, birding in your heart?

September 18, 2012 | Nonfiction

Three Words I Learned from Computer Games

Devan Goldstein

I remember one robot was called a SENTRY and it guarded the door...

September 17, 2012 | Interview

Interview with Richard Chiem, Author of You Private Person

Matthew Simmons

"I think I'm just trying to be a good listener."

September 16, 2012 | Nonfiction

A Recap of the Philadelphia Eagles at the Cleveland Browns In the Form of a Review of Old Crow Reserve Bourbon

Justin St. Germain

It’s 10:57 Albuquerque time, eight minutes before kickoff, and I’m already flustered. I hosted a party last night, which means I woke up this morning with a clogged kitchen drain and beer bottles

September 14, 2012 |

No-Bull Bourbon Reviews: A Primer

Christopher Newgent

A true bourbon is a bourbon with a story worth remembering. It doesn’t have to be a good bourbon, but then a true story doesn’t have to be a good story.

September 12, 2012 | Nonfiction

On Fear (And, OK, Also Steak)

Amy Butcher

I was twenty-two the year I realized I was scared of everything.

September 11, 2012 | Fiction

I Love You!

Ethel Rohan

The monkey breeder interviews her suitability over the phone.

September 10, 2012 |

The Art of Fiction Skateboarding

an interview with Kyle Beachy, by Aaron Burch

"...the activity is difficult and risky and can be the source of great dissonance if it reaches the point of cognition."

September 7, 2012 |

Non-Reader Spotlight: James Lai

Jac Jemc

First a note about what I’m doing here: talking to people who consider themselves non-readers.

September 6, 2012 | Nonfiction

I Love This Let Me Sleep

Delaney Nolan

Welcome to Camp Bread Loaf. Put your apron on.

September 5, 2012 | Fiction

Agreements

Michael Don

A little man in a boat paddles laps around a toilet bowl.

September 1, 2012 |

HOBART 2.0

A look back at Hobart of old, a look forward at Hobart anew...

September 1, 2012 | Fiction

from the vault: The Novelist by Tao Lin

Elizabeth Ellen

Elizabeth Ellen looks back at Tao Lin's "The Novelist" from Hobart, Aug./Sept. '04.

September 1, 2012 | Fiction

from the vault: Overhanded by Amy Minton

Matthew Simmons looks back at Amy Minton's "Overhanded" from Hobart, May '07, and also her interviews, and just her awesomeness in general.

September 1, 2012 | Fiction

from the vault: The Exit Colony by Spencer Dew

Jac Jemc looks back at Spencer Dew's "The Exit Colony" from Hobart October '04.

September 1, 2012 | Fiction

from the vault: Belly by Glen Pourciau

Jensen Beach looks back at Glen Pourciau's "Belly" from Hobart October '08.

September 1, 2012 | Fiction

from the vault: Two Shorts by Aaron Gwyn

Aaron Burch looks back at two Aaron Gwyn shorts from Hobart, early 2002.