Swell

Poetry
By: | April 16, 2014

There is yeast in the air as well / as sadness / I’ll lick the tears from / wherever they land / I just love / to get dressed… More

Daybreak

Poetry
By: | April 9, 2014

Having felt the world tremble / And having known // Ruth / In alien corn, / Exposed and at the mercy / Of masters— // Having seen / And… More

Axe Wound

Flash Fiction
By: | April 7, 2014

Snatch. Slit. Box. Words were too dense now. They sat thick on tongues. You had to figure out the right way to say them or you’d choke. More

Always

Poetry
By: | March 26, 2014

Wanted to tell you of the psychic witch who found my life with one eye / though we weren’t speaking then and here you’re dead. / I’ve put a… More

View on an Accident

Flash Fiction
By: | March 24, 2014

Yesterday on that same corner, a young man on a motorcycle was hit by a car. I heard it happen: the familiar shriek of tire on asphalt, the crunch… More

Look

Poetry
By: | March 12, 2014

Whereas it could take as long as 16 seconds between / the trigger pulled in Las Vegas and the Hellfire missile / landing in Mazar-e-Sharif, after which they will… More

Letters from Ukraine

Letter
By: | March 10, 2014

The piece originally appeared on Poetry International's website on March 7, 2014. Letters from UkraineThis week, Russian troops invaded Crimea. Putin claims this invasion is an effort to protect the Russian-language population of… More

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