Poetry
… They shush each other and laugh. Brothers who did not die in Turkey died here, snipers atop the Old City … a soldier runs past hides its address. A raised finger signals a million, two means two. This close to the Wall, … bath. Two brothers sort a pomegranate’s seeds, one for each commandment from I am your God to Don’t forget what Amalek …
Fiction
… something Carly has taught me. She has long advocated the combination of being vague and authoritative. I wait for a … and Alex lean together on the bookcase, their long, bony bodies side by side. Alex gives my sister’s waist a squeeze, … this year. He shows us a million uninteresting things. He points out a wooden beam in the ceiling that’s from an …
Criticism
… mobile DJs assembled a scene : loose networks of people who competed against one another, bolstered one another, and saw … the racing itself, and the group of attractive driver-criminals led by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), a transcendentally authentic and powerful figure …
Poetry
… Blood on a sock. N is for nature and nearly and how I’ve come To love; nearly, nearly I come to you, my falcon Hood pulled tight; my talons tucked; … would not Touch your leaf, afraid his rot would Make the petals fall . A lovely love— No, not at all. Q is for quince , …
Criticism
… production where the novel is read word for word—completed a successful Los Angeles run in November. Brooks … of its largest rooms “The Fitzgerald Suite” in April. I’ve also been distracted from writing sooner by the Great Gatsby … World War II (when it was distributed to active duty soldiers) and has been with us since. It’s among the most …
Poetry
… With your stone buildings around which the years have come to sniff? You’re so far away from the Paris sun and … groaning, Scraping lightly against its sphere At a million points of contact, Making sure of its mountains, Of its … the retina’s ray Provokes a feeble noise. Everything that’s died on earth Prowls space sniffing at life, Examining the …