By Anders Carlson-Wee
I know you’re hungry for it. More money. More news. Desperate for any laurel that parades you as happier...
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- By Sappho
I don't know what to do
two states of mind in me
- By Kemi AlabiI used to pray to a man-faced god.Kept his whip beneath my bed.Set alarms for daybreak lashings.Pressed...
- By Tilsa OttaUn club nocturno no hace un veranoMas creo en el perreoEterno recreoEn la agitación de la masa críticaInclin...
- By Tilsa OttaA nightclub doesn’t make a summerI believe more in perreoPlay everlastingIn the agitation of a critical...
- By Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs...
- By Joan Kwon GlassA whiskey truck passes by the window. Its logo says the crown is yours. The weary woman sitting across...
- By Remica Bingham-RisherBut for the grace of Godone might begin andthis must be the life of a woman. I will barely touch the...
- By Ada LimónMy brother holds a snake by its head. The whole length of the snake is the length of my brother’s body...
- By Cornelius EadyI’m here to tell you an old story. ThisAppears to be my work. I live in the world,Walk the streets of...
- By Tilsa Otta(( How would life feelNot the one that’s personal and non-transferableBut the one that’s nobody’sThe...
- By Tilsa Otta(( Cómo se sentirá la vidaNo la personal e intransferibleSino la que no es de nadieLa que es libreLa...
- By CAConrad“this is your captain” Frank says from the cockpit “all passengers wishing to bail out any time during...
- By CAConradFrank’s sister grew long blue feathers she said it was worse than cutting teeth she spent a month screaming...
- By Tilsa OttaThe newborn sees its mother's face for the first timeThe way an astronaut regards earth from spaceSees...
- By Tilsa OttaEl recién nacido observa por primera vez el rostro de su madreComo un astronauta contempla la tierra...
- By Sarah RuhlSome say: to do the necessary task is greatness; I say: do the least necessary thing first. I don't ...
- By Karyna McGlynn& watch Kevin Bacon conjure fake tears in a Real Hallway & I am Real Tears in a fake hallway & “Procreation...
- He was jailed for cruelty to insects, and his agent wasn’t answering the phone, so he stayed awake in...
- By Helene AchanzarI wish I had hiked the frozen hill tonight for reception, called to tell you I had a good time hearing...