POETRY
Sadness is the Wellspring
by Shaomei Yu
July 11, 2025
The sky is getting darker
The air is also cooler
I’d say –
Sadness is the wellspring... read more >
POETRY
The Absolute Beauty of Ordinary Things
by Cami Rumble
July 11, 2025
They shriek with ugliness—
Dirty rolling asphalt parking lots,
weeds growing tall along the road,
the man pulling a metal cart heaped with trash bags,... read more >
FICTION
The Paradox/New York City
by Meredith Aristone
July 16, 2025
If I ever go into spiritual psychosis
Just know it’s not you, it’s the vanity plate
That I saw on my way home from being drunk and hopeless
Though you make me see God in a plethora of ways
POETRY
Elegy for Water Owl on Manzanita reservation
by Jennifer Karp
July 16, 2025
We think the grief will split us
but it sidles up,
a shaggy mane mushroom
pushing past cracked clay read more >