The Pick-up Artist by Karol Nielsen After graduating from the Columbia School of Journalism, I became the managing editor of a Bronx newspaper and my graduate school classmate became a stringer for The New York Times. I wanted to be a stringer, too. I gave him almost everything I had ever published and he recommended […]
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The Lover and the Moon by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was an influential African American poet, novelist, and playwright during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
I’ve Set Out All of the Traps for Us by Kiara Nicole Letcher
I start to miss you right after you leave
and then at night I feel a deep ache
in that need spot.
IN THESE TIMES, EMILY, NO by Janet McCann
Journals publishing Janet McCann’s work include KANSAS QUARTERLY, PARNASSUS, NIMROD, SOU’WESTER, AMERICA, CHRISTIAN CENTURY, CHRISTIANITY AND LITERATURE, NEW YORK QUARTERLY, TENDRIL, and others
The Code by Ann Bracken
Ann Bracken is the author of two collections of poetry, No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom (2017) and The Altar of Innocence (2015), She also serves as a contributing editor
Recasting by Tricia McCallum
Recasting by Tricia McCallum Disney Princesses don’t want to get married nowadays. They know their way around a bow and arrow, Eat out a lot. They’re skeptical about stepsisters, They prefer Princes that consult Rather than control. Ones that climb the stairs And not their hair. They choose Uber over horse-drawn, Waking to a smartphone Rather […]
Night Music by Anne Mikusinski
Anne Mikusinski has been writing poetry and short stories since she was seven years old and most probably making them up long before
Something by Robert Ronnow
Robert Ronnow’s most recent poetry collections are New & Selected Poems: 1975-2005 (Barnwood Press, 2007) and Communicating the Bird (Broken Publications, 2012). Visit his web site at www.ronnowpoetry.com.
Peer Review, Curfew by Shelia Murphy
Shelia Murphy is A Gertrude Stein Award winner and the co-founder of the Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series. She is both a poet and a visual artist. For a more complete bio see her Wiki page.
The Wall by Joseph K. Wells
Joseph K. Wells is a businessman, doctor of occupational therapy, adjunct professor and many wannabes. He believes he can write, so he does. He just hopes
Bookstores Are Closing by Bryan Bradley
Bryan Bradley is a junior marketing major at the University of Pittsburgh and was raised just outside of Philadelphia. He believes that the worst characteristic a person can have
Notes to the NTSB by Vicki Iorio
When the plane crashes
I land