A Common Amnesia Alex Cuff But not yet have we solved the incantation of this whiteness, and learned why it appeals with such power to the soul; and more strange and far more portentous—why, as we have seen, it is at once the most meaning symbol of spiritual things, nay, the very veil of […]

  Two Poems By Kenzie Allen   Determination of Racial Affinity A shapely nasal spline, rounded maxilla and that flick of a scalloped incisor, this one is Asian (in all likelihood). We can’t be certain when only bone remains, but compare ulnar length, mandibular jut, these caveats of origin. Mongoloid, Caucasoid, alternate morphs for sun-soak, […]

  Featured Artist: Alison Kuo   Dead Fish Dead Guy with Cakes, 2013. Digital Photomontage   Knives All Over, 2013. Digital Photograph   Parking Lot with Dead Lady and Shell, 2013. Digital Photomontage

  In The Waiting Line By Gyasi Byng   In 2007, a few weeks after full body scanners were installed in airports, I traveled from West Palm Beach, Florida to Long Island, New York to visit my sister and her children. After taking off my shoes and earrings, I stepped in, put my hands over […]

  Two Poems By Patrick Rosal   Kundiman: Hung Justice Love, a child dreamt hard of bread and got history instead. Someone dreamt of maggots jeweled in meat and brought out blades in the name of good science, ardor. But who’ll list kinships in English between slaughter and laughter? Who’ll recruit heaven’s splendid refuse, junk, […]

Made of Many Skins Two Poems By Patrick Rosal   In The Waiting Line By Gyasi Byng   Featured Artist: Alison Kuo   Two Poems By Kenzie Allen   A Common Amnesia By Alex Cuff   I Want Some Seafood, Mama By Soleil Ho   Fruits 8th Grade, Freshly Emigrated from México By Paco Márquez […]