Category: Published Issues
There Used To Be Gentlemen
by Maria DiLorenzo who handled their women like art in a museum, forbidden to touch, yet sometimes slyly touched, my grandfather in 1945 kissing
The Secret, Painting by William Bouguereau
by Polly Giantonio Her shoulder, soft and full as a swan’s breast, illumines homely features in graceful symmetry — ivory beauty with reticent
Imminent Tribulations
by Kevin Sweeney My pal David had the shits last night and doesn’t drive so I took him to the dentist, past the Congregational church on Woodford
My Fiancé
by Kevin Sweeney She sat on the right, was willing to answer questions which, nights in July, met silence from others, gave me an enthusiastic Hi
Knockout
by Kevin Sweeney I felt she was cheating on me that afternoon in front of Melman’s Market. I was a limp 14. The boy holding her hand looked 17.
naked apes
by Judith Zander translated from German by Bradley Schmidt at least the animals loved our hedging talk grated geckoes good for coughs
whatever happens
by Judith Zander translated from German by Bradley Schmidt february at the latest daily leafing through the orchid calender in the
Ron Winkler
is a German poet, writer, editor, critic, and translator living in Berlin. Born in 1973, he studied German literature and language and history at
from the plane you see
by Ulrike Almut Sandig translated from German by Bradley Schmidt by day the smart bluescreen of pools in one thousand and one gardens
COLOR
by Ulrike Almut Sandig translated from German by Bradley Schmidt * shoot a PICTURE: my clothes are blue. forget me not. this flower is