Sam, by Alexandra Watson
Sam by Alexandra Watson He grows exhausted of her: the way she squeezes toothpaste from the top instead of rolling up the bottom, how she references literature in... Read More
Renegade Writers: A Dialog with Hisham Bustani, Naomi Shihab Nye, Thoraya El-Rayyes
The following is a “round-email” discussion between Issue 4 contributors– Author Hisham Bustani and Arabic to English translator Thoraya El-Rayyes– with Poet Naomi Shihab Nye. Their communication investigates experimental form,... Read More
The Use of Force Continuum: Police, Power, and Prejudice
by Joe Ponce In Beavercreek, Ohio, under the glaringly white fluorescent lights of a Walmart superstore, John Crawford III walked around idly holding a BB gun he’d picked up from... Read More
Alternate Canon: Alexandra Watson
Each time I reached for a syllabus as an undergraduate English major or graduate MFA candidate, I immediately scanned the reading list. I looked for the names of writers of... Read More
How to Not Get Killed by the NYPD
How to Not Get Killed by the NYPD Metta Sáma When you see the pitch-perfect black 4-door shaded windows roll up on you, don’t grip your wheel. Casually look... Read More
We're Not Ready for This: An Interview with Morgan Parker
Morgan Parker is a prolific NYC-based poet, activist, and museum education director. Her debut collection Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night is forthcoming from Switchback Books in 2015,... Read More