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The Diversion
I wasn’t supposed to be in Beirut in December 1993. I certainly wasn’t supposed to be in a hotel cafe, drinking thick coffee while a dust storm raged ...
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Types of Animals
after Borges some by branching by bivalve by colony by loping by leaping some disguised in waiting in watching by blending in motion some in color in welcome ...
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Agnes Varda, Bill Viola: Two Poems
Agnes Varda: The Ardent Background Always in the background of her films, landscape as seeing at times through a window. framed by a curtain held back by ...
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In Sickness and In Health 1
Mourning in the Time of COVID-19
Tuesday, April 21st: “Mom’s in the ER. Dr. recommends hospice,” reads a text from my sister. My mother’s dementia is not new but this message from my sister ...
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Capacitance
Coronary sinus that fills and releases. Cascading breath falls to basin. Small branches stretched exhaling temperamental at best. Thumbprints on frosted glass. Windows outlooking lots. Full of forgotten ...
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Here’s How It Will Go
The chest cage and diaphragm, with expansive spirit, cooperate one last time, the discomfort at the depth of the intake a reason to pause, with a sense of ...
Latest in Poetry
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Culture 0
Types of Animals
after Borges some by branching by bivalve by colony by loping by leaping some disguised in waiting in watching by blending in motion some in color in welcome ...
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Film 0
Agnes Varda, Bill Viola: Two Poems
Agnes Varda: The Ardent Background Always in the background of her films, landscape as seeing at times through a window. framed by a curtain held back by ...
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In Sickness and In Health 0
Capacitance
Coronary sinus that fills and releases. Cascading breath falls to basin. Small branches stretched exhaling temperamental at best. Thumbprints on frosted glass. Windows outlooking lots. Full of forgotten ...
Latest in Fiction
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Fiction 0
The Diversion
I wasn’t supposed to be in Beirut in December 1993. I certainly wasn’t supposed to be in a hotel cafe, drinking thick coffee while a dust storm raged ...
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Fiction 0
Divertimento
Half past noon on a weekday, the middle of summer. Sunny and hot. The flags outside the municipal buildings sway not in the least, which is a way ...
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The Cowboy Channel
The men focus on their poker hands and their glasses of whiskey, preoccupied, as if the saloon is their shared workspace. No one looks up when the new ...
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Pandemic Story Problems
1. Mariah gets a temporary job that pays her $1 on Day One. On the second day, her pay is doubled to 2 dollars. Her daily wage doubles ...
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Perspective: Trump’s Acts May Face America with an Unwelcome Dilemma
President Trump has a well-known habit of accusing others of what he himself is guilty of. For example, he calls Hollywood “racist” and accuses the national media of reporting “fake ...
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Essay & Memoir 3
For Greenwood
When my husband and I were much younger and had more leisure time, we decided to binge-watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was my husband’s idea. I had ...