Poetry
… of the coin of love of faith dictators clown around come and go hands stained with human blood old women get up … old women are indestructible they smile knowingly god dies old women get up as usual at dawn they buy bread wine … salt of the earth the bark of a tree the timid eyes of animals cowardice and bravery greatness and smallness they see …
… cousin suggesting that we should each take a slate and “compose a poem.” Cocksure, I set to work and produced four … such as it was, no doubt came to me through my father—he died when I was too young to know much about him—from my … have been one of Dublin’s best amateur singers in her day. Also a devotee of Handel. I mention this because, when I …
Editor's Desk
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Criticism
… to expose the apparatus that churns out mass quantities of commodity meat. American agribusiness—wreaking havoc on animals, laborers, consumers, and planet Earth—is generally … But just as often something goes wrong. Birds sicken and die for no obvious reason. A cold snap sends propane costs …
… and gestured toward the rattan sofa in the living room. “Come in.” “We bring you happy news.” A smile creased the … silence for 20 years, spoke briefly from his sickbed, then died. A photo of this avatar had hung for years in her … offal afloat in lentil soup. Everyone undoubtedly wore sandals and bound their hair with wooden sticks and leather …