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‘Primer’ by Aaron Smith

May 4, 2017 3 min read

Primer is revelatory. The book opens up a dialogue on trust, joy, rejection, celebration, fear, and anger. But the book's essential power and beauty is its sense of emotional knowledg Read More

Navigating Poetry Readings and the L.A. Food Scene: A Week in the Life of Poet Chen Chen
Edit Team
The Banal & the Profane
April 30, 2017 14 min read
"Poetry, I told my friends, is still where I feel happiest and freest [...] For true creative freedom, I need forms that demand compression, restraint." Read More

‘My Cat Yugoslavia’ by Pajtim Statovci
Ilana Masad
Reviews
April 27, 2017 3 min read
For a reader looking for fiction that also serves as social criticism, My Cat Yugoslavia is both thought-provoking and emotionally resonant Read More

Rahul Mehta on Pushing Through Writer’s Block and Exploring Pain Through Fiction
Brian Centrone
Interviews
April 16, 2017 17 min read
"I didn't believe in writer’s block until it hit me." Read More

‘A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout’ Edited by Marilyn R. Schuster
Rachel Wexelbaum
Reviews
April 13, 2017 3 min read
Those who live in the United States—including the queer community—know very little about the contemporary LGBTIQ history of Canada that...

Read Thomas March’s Contribution to the New Issue of ‘Spunk [arts] Magazine’
Edit Team
News
April 11, 2017 7 min read
Spunk [arts] Magazine, founded in New York City in 2003, is an art journal specializing in original artwork and memoir-style writing Read More

A Poem by James Cihlar
Poetry Editor
Poetry Spotlight
April 5, 2017 1 min read
This week, a poem by James Cihlar Read More

‘Kingdom Come: A Fantasia’ by Timothy Liu
Dean Kostos
Reviews
March 29, 2017 3 min read
The poems in Kingdom Come become progressively more luminous—even as they insist on their carnality Read More

‘Breakup/Breakdown’ by Charles Jensen
Walter Holland
Reviews
March 23, 2017 3 min read
Charles Jensen’s chapbook Breakup/Breakdown is about heartbreak and the trials and tribulations of romance Read More

‘Babybel Wax Bodysuit’ by Eric Kostiuk Williams
Cathy Camper
Illustrated
March 23, 2017 2 min read
All three stories in this collection deal with “peeling back the wax bodysuit” (an analogy to the wax covering of Babybel cheese), i.e. all the multiple layers we use to hide both our fears and our egos Read More

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Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

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A Poem by James Cihlar

‘Kingdom Come: A Fantasia’ by Timothy Liu

‘Breakup/Breakdown’ by Charles Jensen

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Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

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