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Margo Price Macro Doses by Joe Bonomo

December 19, 2023

Price is a difficult artist to box-up, for those so inclined. She’s lived in Nashville, Tennessee for decades, and has both courted and been denied Music City’s trappings. A dynamic study in contrasts, she grew up in rural Illinois but sings with a southern accent; her debut album was released on maverick Jack White’s Third Man Records, hardly a Nashville industry staple (though it may be on its way); she cut a live album at historic and revered Ryman Auditorium, waltzing (and rocking) within a storied tradition.

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In Nonfiction Tags Margo Price Macro Doses, Joe Bonomo, Nonfiction, Music, 2023 December

Two Poems by Laura S. Marshall

December 14, 2023

"The doctors call me ugly,/ draw over my bone structure,/ trace the routes where the/ coral will fuse."

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In Poetry Tags Boneyard, Decay (Taphonomy), Laura S. Marshall, poetry, 2023 December

Sleepless by Ann Hood

December 13, 2023

“But here was evidence that maybe, if this ever did happen, I wouldn’t be able to scream or run out the door. That something—fear, disbelief, paralysis—might keep me right there, in place.”

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In Print, Nonfiction Tags Sleepless, Ann Hood, 2023 December, 2014 fall vol. 7 issue 2, Nonfiction, throwback

Moms by Marguerite Alley

December 12, 2023

A few times, he reached for her breast, but the moment his fingers collided with the skin of her chest she involuntarily felt herself disengage in surprise, as though shocked that this should be a place his hand might be inclined to rest, to explore

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In Fiction Tags Marguerite Alley, Moms, Fiction, 2023 December

Henrietta by Dan Shields

December 6, 2023

Scuttling toward me with the fat pink knuckles of her claws, assembled inside the shell I’d just thrown. Her body at home in the ugliness I’d created. She was my best friend instantly. I named her Henrietta.

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In Fiction Tags Dan Shields, Henrietta, 2023 December, fiction

The Plague of Lice by Julie Marie Wade

December 6, 2023

Lousy: a permissible way to express displeasure, even contempt, without resorting to the verboten profane. Profanity, after all, could get you sent to your room, your mouth scrubbed out with soap, or worse if the Lord’s name was taken in vain. But lousy had a strange twist to it, a little corkscrew in the language that opened a different bottle.

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In Nonfiction Tags the plague of lice, Julie Marie Wade, 2023 December, nonfiction

A Normal Interview with Ghassan Zeineddine by Lena Mubsutina

November 8, 2023

I have always loved creating different kinds of characters from various generations, genders, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic classes. I think it’s just a matter of doing those characters justice and treating them with empathy and compassion.

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In Interview Tags Ghassan Zeineddine, Interview, Lena Mubsutina, Fiction, 2023 December

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