Past contributor, Stephanie Hart published a collection of memoir and short stories earlier this year. Mirror Mirror, collects vignettes that explore Hart’s life in ways real and imagined. It is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble in print and digital formats. Fiction editor, Janice Eidus, recently interviewed Hart. The exchange follows: [...]
THE CURDLE OF FOAM ALWAYS SUBMITS Worth more with fermentation & lit blue below the shuffling feet, the garden of useless particles creeps the party like a storm without lightning, clinging to the pant cuffs, begging to be taken towards the lawn, towards the blades of parsing. All words are church to the [...]
Removal of the gold wedding band That’s the first step Securing it in a shirt pocket — Button closed. Hold the shell high Then slam it down on a steel pick Peeling away the green halves Cracked along the seam. Then pick out a blond or brunette From the gathered crowd Huddling in pairs [...]
I was a student enrolled in Carlow University’s Low Residency M.F.A. program the day I met Lewis “Buddy” Nordan. He was scheduled to read at one of our events in Pittsburgh. Many of the other students had been excited about the event most of the day. Past students had come to town for the [...]
One night I ask you what you think will happen if our relationship ends. Am I feeling uneasy about our relationship? About our chances at whatever going the distance means? Maybe. But I ask you what you think will happen if our relationship ends because I’m curious. And because I think you’ve thought [...]
The new issue of Shaking is out now. It features work by Curtis Smith, Kristopher Jansma, Travis Kurowski, Emma Briant, Jennifer Taylor, Dana Staves, Anna Mavromati, Cameron Cook, Alexander Freeman, Patty Somlo, Susan Grier, Eric Ramseier, Stephen Hartunian, David Beckman, Jim Johnston, Traci Parks, Patrick Ross, and Bitsy Sanders. You can currently grab a copy [...]
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