Features

Cheryl Dumesnil: Falling Into Place

Poet Cheryl Dumesnil talks about why her children are her gurus, San Francisco as a font of poetry, and how she knows when a poem is ready to publish. more »

Nonfiction

Grown

For weeks, I mistook Bea for a teenager. Her eyes were so big, and she kept her hair cropped close and never wore makeup. She was spindly, and her gait was clumsy. Her face was a thin oval, as though two crescent moons were looped together. Bea was... more »

Fiction

Bloodsuckers

She likes to name the leeches and recite eulogies before the nurses deposit them into a coffin of rubbing alcohol on their way toward the hazardous waste. more »

Vintage Fringe

Three poems

This week, we've brought back Arlene Ang's three poems, "rest : stop," "through blinds," and "that time my upper lip swelled up" from Issue 6. more »

Features

Jessa Crispin: The Accidental Tastemaker

Jessa Crispin, founder and editor of Bookslut, on her erudite litblog, the publishing industry, and the best reads of 2009. more »

Longer Poetry

Blackbirds

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Short Short

Swear

I’m in the car with my childhood sweetheart. We’re lost on hometown streets, houses lined up like headstones. more »

Nonfiction

Three Pieces

Ourselves, a Resurrection For Gavin Cross Do you remember the church built three times upon itself we visited in Italy? How, with each descent, the stairways narrowed, until we stood in that dank room, surrounded only by stones the color of... more »

Vintage Fringe

Shattered Beer Bottles

Celebrate the New Year with this kicky vintage (de)Classified piece incorporating Spanglish from Issue 2. more »

(de)Classified

In a Car, Quickly, on Cape Cod

In a Car, Quickly, on Cape Cod [Audio clip: view full post to listen] A note from the author: [In a Car, Quickly, on Cape Cod] is a selection extracted from a much larger work, a 33,000-word prosodic... more »

Poetry

Three Poems

"The Pantomime Diver," "Ecdysis," and "Hypoxia" more »

Fiction

Hunters

A Maine Guide called tonight, asking about the lake house. He lives ten miles away, in a town even smaller than this one, and he likes his hunters to be close to him. The place he had been putting them up at didn’t have electricity or a water... more »

Featured Artwork

6 Pieces by Valentina Ramos