October 19, 2012 |
Sinister (2012)
Max
I literally can’t even warn you about what it feels like to see Sinister, other than that it makes you feel like you’re watching a real murder. At the beginning of the film it had the makings of a
October 18, 2012 | Poetry
Three Poems
Joshua Helms
DREAM
Our legs are stilts. Beyond our ankles
are the blunt ends of crutches. Our feet
are missing. But our hands are fine,
Boy says. There’s a rope suspended
between our bodies. Our
October 17, 2012 | Fiction
White Scars
Meghan Lamb
He had a broad scar that ran over the back of his kneecap. The skin was all shiny and soft, like white bread packaged in Saran Wrap.
October 17, 2012 | Fiction
Honest Abe & Emily Dickinson Goes for a Drive
Penny Anderson
Here’s a story. One night in the tedious plains of Colorado, Abraham Lincoln drove his Model T into an embankment...
An Advanced Amateur Reviews Pabst Blue Ribbon - A Beer Fit for Human Beings
Mike Bezemek
A massive plaster moon rotates above the rooftop bar, casting a milky glow over my fellow patrons. One by one their orders are placed. A vanilla bean porter with toasted nut highlights. A
The Campaign (2012)
Max
This was the movie that I had been most excited for this summer. I’m most likely Zach Galifianakis’ biggest fan, and I’m not that far off from being Will Ferrell’s either. But, as many hilarious
In the absence of wings
Helen Vitoria
One girl watches the boys make a bomb of birds
Endurance Test
Kristine Ong Muslim
a split bowl of suns dissolving a table
The Closing
T.D. Johnston
An excited murmur came to life when the audience was informed of the PhD in Biogenetics, the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and then the sweet icing: the minor in English.
Non-Reader Spotlight: Mary Hamilton
Jac Jemc
For this edition of the Non-Reader Spotlight, I’m thrilled to be talking about reading and not reading with Mary Hamilton.
Twitter People: Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos), The Archivist
Matthew Simmons (@ matthewjsimmons)
Spend enough time on Twitter and you will eventually discover there is within it an odd, alternate world of very funny, 140-character prankster surrealists. A shortcut to discovering them: Go to
Seven Pieces from "Future Project"
James Grinwis
FUTURE 45
There was a pile of sticks on the edge of the world. In it, numerous things of interest were living. One was a lawyer who enjoyed eating fried chicken at unusually early times
Three Poems
Sasha Fletcher
There was a thunderstorm
but nobody wanted it. It just sat there...
A List of Our Demands
Leif Haven
When found in this situation we realize that it is customary to provide a list of demands or a ransom note. We have discussed amongst ourselves what we would like. We even included the hostages in
An Interview with NoMeansNo
Matthew Simmons
A short interview about punk rock and aging with NoMeansNo drummer John Wright & guitarist Tom Holliston
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
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
Granny Summons the Alligator
Aaron Alford
It’s a different gator every year, but we talk like it’s the same one.
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
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.
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
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
Word Counts
Tasha Matsumoto
Doesn’t it always begin with a contraction, a fluttering musclequake, birding in your heart?
Three Words I Learned from Computer Games
Devan Goldstein
I remember one robot was called a SENTRY and it guarded the door...
Interview with Richard Chiem, Author of You Private Person
Matthew Simmons
"I think I'm just trying to be a good listener."
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
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.
On Fear (And, OK, Also Steak)
Amy Butcher
I was twenty-two the year I realized I was scared of everything.




