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Jun 11

FICTION | Kodama

It was never in his power to hold on to people, make them stay if they didn’t want to. And once people had gone they never came back.

Henri Meschonnic

Jun 10

Six Poems

With us the tree also chooses the bird the water looks like the fish I spill over with comparisons. Chez nous l'arbre choisit aussi...

NC Hernandez

Jun 9

NON-FICTION | The Loneliest One

I was alone again with the specters of memory.

Puerto del Sol

Jun 2

The PdS Black Voices Series Presents: CORTNEY CHARLESTON

IT’S IMPORTANT I REMEMBER THAT HISTORY DOESN’T REPEAT, IT RHYMES― for example, President Abraham Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy...

Jose Hernandez Diaz

May 22

Elegy for a Basketball Court from My Youth

When I was a boy, twenty, thirty years ago, I wanted to be a professional basketball player. I was pretty good, I played with the...

Puerto del Sol

May 18

Relenting: Sebastian Matthews Interviews Kevin McIlvoy

Sebastian Matthews Interviews Kevin McIlvoy about his just published novel, One Kind Favor (May 2021).

Sue Allison

May 14

NONFICTION | How to Organize Your Thoughts

If you haven’t thought it in a year, throw it out. Ditto if it is out of style, has holes in it, or doesn’t fit you. It may have never...

Josh McColough

May 12

FLASH FICTION | Resurfacing

Well, I just…. I really don’t understand how a healthy person—a strong swimmer—jumps into a body of water and does not resurface.

Jake Bauer

May 7

Three Poems

O Y G B I V Red featherbed said dread bred lead thread Hereditary cherries in the incredulous orchard slam into boyhood Godhead zinnia...

Puerto del Sol

May 5

FICCIÓN | A Note on Limpias

A million smaller limpias followed that. And a daily limpia was required in 2020.

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Current Issue: 55.1, Spring 2020

FICTION | Kodama

Six Poems

NON-FICTION | The Loneliest One

The PdS Black Voices Series Presents: CORTNEY CHARLESTON

Elegy for a Basketball Court from My Youth

Relenting: Sebastian Matthews Interviews Kevin McIlvoy

NONFICTION | How to Organize Your Thoughts

FLASH FICTION | Resurfacing

Three Poems

FICCIÓN | A Note on Limpias

Current Issue: 55.1, Spring 2020

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