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Complaint and Prayer

In recognition of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we are proud to publish Marie G Coleman’s personal essay “Complaint and Prayer.” Coleman’s piece is a raw and ...
On May 27, 2019 / By Marie G Coleman
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Are You a Self-Identified Black Woman?

Are you eligible to partake in academia? Question your acceptance letter? Not writing the other perspective? Missing the point of the assignment? Do you get Tarantino’s postmodern ...
On May 19, 2019 / By Krysten Hill
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Marjan Kamali

An interview with Marjan Kamali, author of the forthcoming novel The Stationery Shop. ...
On May 16, 2019 / By Virginia Pye
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Horizon

A giant copper moon flares on the lake in the early dark, and on the car radio, talk. Talk trying to chew despair. Talk about fear to hide ...
On May 12, 2019 / By Richard Hoffman
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Manal and Alaa

To open separate window, click button on upper right of comic display “Manal and Alaa: A Love Story” Copyright © 2015 by Lena Merhej. Published in Muqtatafat, a ...
On April 9, 2019 / By Lena Merhej
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A Can of Pinto Beans

Robbie Gamble: For the past several summers I have spent time on the Arizona/Mexico border, working with an organization that provides medical and material aid to migrants ...
On April 8, 2019 / By Robbie Gamble

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Are You a Self-Identified Black Woman?

Are you eligible to partake in academia? Question your acceptance letter? Not writing the other perspective? Missing the point of the assignment? Do you get Tarantino’s postmodern ...
On May 19, 2019 / By Krysten Hill
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Horizon

A giant copper moon flares on the lake in the early dark, and on the car radio, talk. Talk trying to chew despair. Talk about fear to hide ...
On May 12, 2019 / By Richard Hoffman
Poetry 1
A Can of Pinto Beans

Robbie Gamble: For the past several summers I have spent time on the Arizona/Mexico border, working with an organization that provides medical and material aid to migrants ...
On April 8, 2019 / By Robbie Gamble

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An Awesome Gap

Around the corner, the lot opened up and the asphalt smoothed out. The rough patches disappeared and Patrick glided along, gaining speed as he headed for a concrete ...
On October 7, 2018 / By Virginia Pye
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The Asshole

He was not a very good person. He was, by many accounts, vile, impolite, crude, inappropriate, ignorant, insensitive, and offensive. He was a gifted asshole, a precocious prick, ...
On September 28, 2018 / By Vincent Yu
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Eyewitness

The eyewitness entered. He had no eyes. Unsteadily he made his way through the courtroom, groping the air with his hands. Blood ran from his eye-sockets, blood so ...
On August 2, 2018 / By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

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Complaint and Prayer

In recognition of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we are proud to publish Marie G Coleman’s personal essay “Complaint and Prayer.” Coleman’s piece is a raw and ...
On May 27, 2019 / By Marie G Coleman
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Marcuse on the MTA

To open separate window, click button on upper right of comic display “Marcuse on the MTA” is an excerpt from Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia: A Graphic Biography, ...
On March 17, 2019 / By Nick Thorkelson
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You Had Me at Beheading!
The Author of “Against Football” Responds to Selected Hate Mail

To open separate window, click button on upper right of display Copyright @ 2015 by Steve Almond. First published in The Rumpus, December 1, 2015. Reprinted with permission ...
On January 12, 2019 / By Steve Almond