Criticism

Balkan Beauty, Balkan Blood: Lessons from Albania

Because of the oppressive constraints Albanians have had to survive in, most of the literature created in the country proper has taken on the form of poetry—the predominant prose coming from Ismail Kadare, self-exiled in France. But that is... more »

Nonfiction

Privatizing Libraries

Public libraries threaten the institution of private property. It is inherently dangerous to propagate the idea that all citizens should share books, and that books are not commodities. If we cannot think of books as commodities, we are in danger... more »

Short Short

The Story is Ending

No we won’t. There are all kinds of things to talk about. Like grass. Sometimes it’s bright, liquid green, sometimes it’s brown, sometimes it’s patchy. Sometimes it’s really soft and cool, sometimes it’s bristly. When it’s dry it... more »

Longer Poetry

Walking North

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Poetry

2 Poems

Lemme Hear You Say Yeah We rode the turntable till the song made no sense. That bit at the end is back- wards. And afterwards I said to Libby, lemme take off your wimple. She was... more »

Fiction

Killing McGinty Safely

In the driveway he grappled with the grocery bags, getting them out of the trunk of the Saab, trying to pick up all four at once, fool that he was, bending and lifting like this in such cold weather, at his age no less, something would go, pull,... more »

Featured Artwork

4 Pieces