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September 1, 2026 | Book Review

Have a Drink, Stranger: A Review of Meaghan Garvey's 'Midwestern Death Trip'

Amelia Langas

Meaghan Garvey knows well the hypnotic power the road holds for introspection as well as the inherent humanity one can find among the regulars at those solitary dive bars.

Have a Drink, Stranger: A Review of Meaghan Garvey's 'Midwestern Death Trip' photo
on pure desire photo

September 1, 2026 | Poetry

on pure desire

Nicole Fegan

ration the rest of the smoke, / spend hours tracing maps / to find the pub marquee 

Two Poems photo

August 31, 2026 | Poetry

Two Poems

Craig Kirchner

You are new ink that will not dry.

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August 30, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Sugar Island

Nina Barufaldi

There is a rooster tail of snow and ice behind it, and the roar of the engine enters my chest before he reaches me.

August 28, 2026 | Poetry

Summation of Labor

Hanna Karras

But there, hand gripping faucet / It spoke in a language held only in the body

August 27, 2026 | Poetry

3 Poems

Danielle Altman

Why am I being so transactional?
Why am I being so weak?     
Why am I talking to strange men online?

August 26, 2026 | Poetry

Bryce,

Nicholas Wilder Forman

I keep my teeth sharp / cus plush is still abundant // it’s a good reason to keep going, / biting the seam off jackets // biting the states off one by one

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