May 27, 2015 | Poetry
Future Daughter
Sally Rodgers
Untitled One
Motherhood slept astonished as astronomers wept so-so-ago with this sort of blow. This sort of ovary, yo, the story being if thrown into something sombrous, spokes-of-light, it
May 26, 2015 | Nonfiction
Goth Ryan
Chelsea Martin
Tara and I were impressed by the Goth subculture Goth Ryan and Tara’s boyfriend took part in not just because of the black strappy clothes, black fingernails, and heavy eye makeup (which we immediately began imitating), but also their directness and openness about feelings of sadness and rottenness.
May 26, 2015 | Fiction
The Disrupted Tour by the Veterans Tower
Matthew Pitt
Faced with the swirling chaos of three days ago, I must hold fast to certain truths.
Those Bears (pt. 2)
Jarod Roselló
Someone is in trouble! Should I be running toward danger?
Letter to the Editor
Sara McGrath
I've been taking what feels like a giant amount of vitamins for approximately three days, which is a long time for me to do anything very consistently.
Non-Reader Spotlight: Seth Fein and Justine Bursoni, Part 1
How do two cultural dynamos get away with never reading?
Mad Max Fury Road / Tender Napalm / Zeitgeist Theatre
Sean Kilpatrick
Not belonging feels more and more like banging a rough cookie on the counter these days. I would take pride in my crumbs, if I knew how. It’s good to be alive like a delinquent spaz.
Facebook Friends
Fiona Helmsley
When you leave the comment that I am "such a good mom"
under a picture I have posted of my child online,
it freaks me out.
You haven't seen me in over twenty years,
and have never met
Three Poems
Kerry Cullen
I know you toss out untouched leftovers, and miss them.
Bear Country
Christian TeBordo
I realized that my son’s vocabulary, though impressive, would not help much with anything he was likely to encounter in everyday life, now or in the future.
Flying Machine (pt. 2)
Lydia Conklin
Flying is dangerous, Lydia. I don't want to die today, do you?
I guess not.
Great Moments in Cinematic Drinking: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Matt Sailor
Sean Astin is ready for a break. Time to take a load off. Put up his hairy, latex feet. Empty his pockets of Lembas bread and Elven rope and cozy up next to the fire. Join the other Hobbits down
Paradise Lost
Samuel Ligon
Is there anything more adorable than a drunk toddler? I don’t mean a slurring, stumbling, falling down, cursing toddler, though we often enough found ourselves in that state, but an evenly buzzed toddler, whose mother can offset whiskey intake with soothing butter, maintaining her toddler’s perfect, moderate drunkenness.
As Easter Approaches
Louise De Vilmorin; translated by Madeleine Maillet
Another family story. I can’t get away from it. As Easter approaches, I find myself thinking about one of my aunts who, when it came to transportation, had only known the transportations of
5 ways of throwing something into the boston public gardens swan pond
John Mortara
1. board the T heading downtown to get to the swan pond / check your phone absently / remember
how so many people needed your attention last month that it made you want to
Notes on the difference between conclusive and inconclusive
Lisa Annelouise Rentz
I love it when I’m speeding and then again I love it when I crash.
Distrito Federal
Nora Lange
If Conlon wasn’t busy composing music for the player piano, he spent his time mulling over cryptic scenarios that provoked his interest; for instance, how a boat made out of paper illustrated to resemble wood looks like a boat made out of wood.
The Performers
Agri Ismaïl
She glances into a pocket mirror. She is WIFE now. She doesn’t need to go through her lines, she’s been doing this for years.
After We Lose Her
Reem Abu-Baker
Michele Lee woos my husband through the screen and also through the decades.
Strange Lands
Jennifer Quartararo
Abdullah greeted me outside of the Jaipur, India train station, asking if I needed a ride. He was quick to show me his official license, knew where my hotel was located and did not make false claims about it having burned down recently, a popular scheme according to my Lonely Planet guidebook.