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A 1993 ZR1 Spyder by Rachel Sudbeck

November 15, 2023

The hotel where I worked saw a pilgrimage then of portly old men with mustaches and cabbie hats, their stomachs tucked into ill-fit jeans. They came into the lobby weeping, clutching at their thinning hair like the oracle at Delphi, asking God or me or whoever else was in the room why this had to happen to those beautiful machines.

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In Nonfiction Tags A 1993 ZR1 Spyder, Rachel Sudbeck, 2023 November, nonfiction

Two Poems by Jane Zwart

November 8, 2023

"My dad is not making it up, but art cannot/ leave freak beauties be. He will have to add more—/ a plastic bag snagged on a sapling’s ankle—"

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In Poetry Tags Jane Zwart, Plastic Bag, The Gateway Arch, poetry, 2023 November

Pregnancy, Art, and Censorship by Sarah Dalton

November 8, 2023

To the best of my knowledge, unless you include women’s private photo albums or personal social media feeds, there is no Madonna with Gestational Diabetes, Madonna of the Amniocentesis, or Madonna of the IV Tower and Labor and Delivery Room. I feel kinship with these images that portray the complexities of being pregnant. They challenge the demands for silence and censorship around experiences that do not follow the prescribed, imposed narrative of a joyful and celebratory pregnancy. These images revolve around loss, distress, powerlessness, a beauty often called grotesque, and, despite all its astonishing advances, a medical system that sometimes leaves more questions than answers.

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In Multimedia Tags Sarah Dalton, Pregnancy Art and Censorship, 2023 November, Multimedia, pregnancy, women

Three Poems by Mykki Rios

November 8, 2023

"how do you play hand games with ghosts/ expect souls to hopscotch the river styx/ let favorite toys become grave markers"

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In Poetry Tags Mykki Rios, ELEGY FOR MASSACRED SCHOOLCHILDREN, FOLIE À DEUX, THE SCARECROW HAUNTS ITSELF, 2023 November, poetry, LGBTQ, queer, nonbinary, latinx

Pusha Man by Evan Massey

November 8, 2023

“Breathe, dawg,” I declare to one hand-length worm. Because I want everyone and everything I love to breathe.

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In Nonfiction Tags Evan Massey, Pusha Man, 2023 November, Nonfiction

Reflection in the Waiting Room of the Dermatology Clinic by Lucas Jorgensen

November 1, 2023

"the only one/ whose shore has shifted, flesh expanding from one bone/ to the next. A jagged coast…"

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In Poetry Tags Lucas Jorgensen, Reflection in the Waiting Room of the Dermatology Clinic, poetry, 2023 November

Horses by Walter Weinschenk

November 1, 2023

"We run as one, staunch, impassive, each of us different, all the same: bay, roan, pinto, palomino, as many types as there are dreams imaginable but we rush as one array, jet-like above the gravely ground at horse-speed, a single panoply that thrusts forth in perpetual motion and straight pursuit, headlong into pitiless wind"

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In Fiction Tags Walter Weinschenk, Horses, 2023 November, fiction

Aquifer by Sean Theodore Stewart

November 1, 2023

"When I spoke, I surprised myself by saying things I had been too bashful to admit to the aquifer before. I gushed. I waited for her response. The water enveloped me."

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In Fiction Tags Sean Theodore Stuart, Aquifer, 2023 November, fiction

A Normal Interview with Béatrice Szymkowiak by sami h. tripp

October 18, 2023

"I think art holds the power to shift and multiply perspectives, which the world desperately needs right now. Single-mindedness is dangerous. What I love about poetry in particular, is its capacity of subversion, of dissent, against ideas but also against language itself, as language and ideas are intertwined."

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In Interview Tags Interview, Béatrice Szymkowiak, sami h. tripp, B/RDS, Poetry, 2023 November

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