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Indigo Marbles - Leslie Ann
During the final months of my graduate program, my partner was offered an out-of-state in Chattanooga, Tn. Since her own graduation, she...
May 22, 20236 min read


Show Me A Worse Pain - Taylor Palmer
Show me a worse pain Not a distant one Show me a hurt Staring back at me Hovering reflection in pavement Racing ahead Looking over its...
May 19, 20231 min read


Full Disclosure - Bara Swain
Dear Melinka, Aunt Jenny suggested sharing a chicken salad sandwich at a café we discovered on 23rd Street after returning three white...
May 16, 20235 min read


2023 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our $500 cash prize Spring Poetry Contest! We had an incredible batch of selections, and...
May 15, 20231 min read


Snowflake - Sara Wetmore
My heart has been hung like a wet rag, twisted and wrung, left out to dry until it is ultimately forgotten.. My heart has been...
May 13, 20231 min read


You’re Going to Be a Father (Part 1) - Rosalie Hendon
You’re going to be a father. I remember you in Mrs. Taylor’s Spanish class sprawled over two desks, sleeping. I remember you showing me a...
May 8, 20231 min read


i took responsibility - Dr. Jo L
they are proud of me my level goes from maximum to medium risk i think i am happy or proud or relieved then my body becomes a ball on the...
May 6, 20231 min read


The Piano - Mariah H. N. Hawkins
I watch my husband play piano. His clever fingers brush over the keys, creating a tune only he recognizes and I know afterwards he’ll ask...
May 4, 20235 min read


your newest primary care doctor - Audrey Coleman
i’m not a doctor. i’ve never been to medical school. hell, i can barely distinguish between the fibula and the tibia. yet somehow, i know...
May 2, 20231 min read


The House of My Soul - Bert Rock
I am not a whole man, a whole person, something is missing, has always been missing. I should not know what I know. No one should ever...
Apr 30, 20231 min read


On Losing Someone Twice - Abigail Thomas
Rain hit the hood of my car in gigantic, pounding swings. I could barely see Sunset through the wet gray. A wash of same color sky and...
Apr 29, 20237 min read


Monthly - Anna Boughtwood
Monstrously menstrual, a body all exposed nerve and confrontation Anna Boughtwood lives just over the Dunn Memorial Bridge from Albany....
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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