Nonfiction

Crow

At two in the morning in early June, a bird fell out of the tree across the street. Pumpkin was on the porch having a cigar. He saw the whole thing. The bird fell, bounced off the hood of a red station wagon, and flopped, squawking, into the street.... more »

Short Short

Going Home

When the bulldozer was reaching for the wall with his Shah Rukh Khan poster, Nelo made a rush toward it but was held back by his mother. His tiny fingers hadn’t been able to rescue it from the bare brick. They tore it down with one push. more »

Longer Poetry

Summer Ends in Virginia

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(de)Classified

A Well-Received Story

I once wrote a short story that was very well received. All it was was an examination of the minutia of a man's life. The opening page contained a paragraph dedicated to the rituals that my narrator went through every morning with his sock drawer,... more »

Poetry

3 Poems

Merganser Fishing Atop a rippling sycamore—merganser! White spades on a black teardrop head, like an overripe domino the bird flips toward the glassy terrain and break-plunges... more »

Fiction

The Revolutionary's Wife

One thing I should explain right away. I still refer to the Great Man as my husband, though he divorced me forty years ago. You probably didn’t know I existed, did you, till you started your research. I doubt anyone’s left alive who remembers... more »

Featured Artwork

7 Pieces