April 1, 2006 | BASEBALL, Fiction
Hot Dog
Jesse Morse
There were two strikes and Tony Phillips was at the plate. The A’s were losing to the California Angels in the bottom of the 9th inning, and the Raiders were in Los Angeles. I looked over and there
April 1, 2006 | BASEBALL, Fiction
All My Childhood Heroes Played Ball
Devan Sagliani
She slurps her cherry cola loudly through her novelty straw and winks at me. I’m just turning eleven. She’s got candy pink lip-gloss on and a touch of blue eye shadow her older sister helped her
March 1, 2006 | Interview
An Interview with Salvador Plascencia
George Ducker
Salvador Plascencia is the author of The People of Paper, a novel in which the people of El Monte, California, wage a “war against omniscient narration” while the author himself is busy getting
March 1, 2006 | Fiction
O is for Octopus
Susannah Breslin
She was a master of tentaculation. She was a cepholapod of considerable abilities. She was a writhing mandala of be-suckered sensory organs, feeling her way along. A long time ago, a man had been
March 1, 2006 | Fiction
Zach: An Interview
Pasha Malla
Listen, Buddy, it’s important for you to keep in mind that I’ve known you since we were still playing with Duplo – remember that abutted fortress we built in daycare, and Mrs. Motoya was so amazed
