malcolm friend
Failed Blues Write about Black stuff. Write about the hood, and ballin’ and drive-bys and drug dealers— make sure you remove the apostrophe from ballin when you write about ballin. […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
jr mahung
it is something of a religion cubs fans will tell you their team may not win often but there is no kind of magic like a hot dog with ice […]
noor jaber
reconciliation نور/noo͝ r/noun/arabic word for/light/linguistic root of/noura i was born heiress to moonlight over mountains. in arab writing the night is a blessing/an almost-holy relief from the heat of summer […]
emma rebholz
SHORT FILM PROPOSALS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SCAR ABOVE YOUR EYEBROW, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LOCAL GEESE WHO SAW THE WHOLE THING BUT NEVER STEPPED IN. I CATCH A […]
ron riekki
Making My Uncle’s Skull Tattoos Speak I grab the skin, pinch and release the mouth (all skulls have one)—and my cousin grabs another skull— there are at least twenty to […]
sophia holtz
ars poetica I cut my hair into the bathroom sink. now the tiles are covered in my own stubborn thread. I burned bread in the bad frying pan, killed my […]
cat velez
And My Boricua Asked My Whiteness: What do you know of war, nena? What do you know of being gifted a dead body where your mouth should’ve been? What do […]
alfredo aguilar
Alfredo Aguilar is a Mexican-American poet living in San Diego. He helps organize an open mic in Oceanside called Glassless Minds.
jazelle jajeh
I never take the right pictures remember how we walk in the old church at night laughing in a lot where kids line up for school get their fingernails checked […]
j epervary
COVER ART, ARTIST STATEMENT: It’s a self portrait of myself as a house on fire. The word neighborhood reminds me of when my mom used to tell me, “Make your […]
Maps For Teeth 