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BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF DOUBT
The Monk Seal
On Being A Mother: 20 Observations
Summer of Acceptance
The Ice Man
This Way
White Deer
Best Jerk They’d Ever Seen
Means of Conveyance
My Countries, ’Tis of Thee
Black Shirt in the Middle
Freak Accident
IMPRINTING HER OUTLINE ALL OVER ME
FOR GRACE AFTER 9 P.M.
ON HALLOWEEN
DIDN’T SEE YOU COMING
DOUGHBOYS
NEW YORK HANG-UP
BY SAIL AND BY STEAM
THE JANUS DOOR
BOOK REVIEW: SEASONS OF PURGATORY
THE END OF BRITISH SUMMER TIME
BOOK REVIEW: THE SKY ABOVE THE ROOF
PINK TEAKETTLE
KITCHEN
BOOK REVIEW: BLUE: A NOVEL
I KNOW IT SOUNDS FARFETCHED
GRANDMA’S HANDS
RULES OF THE GAME
A SWIM
A FATHER’S WISH
THE CITY CANDY SHOP
APPELDORN
THE ACTRESS WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW SHE IS PERFECTLY FINE
FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD’S EARS
BLAME IT ON THE POMERANIAN
THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID FOR OTHERS
BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST ONE
HEAVY WATER
EVERYONE SAYS HI
THE BIRTH OF DEATH
NEW TOURISTS OF HONG KONG
TASSILI
BOOK REVIEW: THE WOMAN FROM URUGUAY
EGGS
NOTHING ELSE ON MY END
STUDY OF A MAN ON A LADDER
THE BIRTH OF HARRISON DEARBORN
TO RUTH
CARRIAGE
BOOK REVIEW: 533: A BOOK OF DAYS
THE PARROT
THE HEAT OF THE MOUNTAIN
YEAR OF THE LIZARD
BOOK REVIEW: BRICKMAKERS
UNTAMED
CHATHAM
OUT OF THE WOODS
BOOK REVIEW: THE INTERIM
THAT APARTMENT
PRAISE FOR AN UNOPINIONATED INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
FOREST FIRE
BOOK REVIEW: LOVE IN THE BIG CITY
CHRYSALIS
SEEING GHOSTS
A LANDSCAPE OF WINGS
TWELVE IMAGES OF CENTRAL PARK ON OLD POSTCARDS
BIRTH
BOOK REVIEW: EMPTY WARDROBES
CROONER
DISTANCE
THE SMOKE ECLIPSE
BURGLARIZING
IT’S LONELY OUT IN SPACE
SKYWRITING
BOOK REVIEW: RESET
ZHARA’S CHOICE
THE SWAMP THING AND THE FIRE GOD
EDITOR’S LETTER: NATURE ISSUE
BEDLOAD
CRACKED
HANGING FROM THE FAMILY TREE
AT THE BALLOON FESTIVAL
THE COLOUR OF MY HEART
JUST BEING
MAUD’S BABY
WHERE TO BE
DREAMED
BOYS NEVER TELL THEIR FRIENDS THAT THEY LOVE THEM
A SURREAL BREAKUP IN THE GOODBYE GARDEN
DREAM JOB
WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE THE MEMES
MONTAGE OF MEMORIES
CHEF’S CHOICE
THE REST OF EVERYTHING
THE LAST WEEKEND IN JULY
LULU WON’T EAT
ALL GOULD THINGS
THE GANGSTER FROM HELL
KESANDU
CONSERVANCY
FRAGMENTS
FACTOIDS
WHAT IS THE CITY BUT THE PEOPLE?
THE GARDENER OF EDEN
THE GIFT OF THE GATES
STEPHEN ANDREWS
TWO CUPS OF COFFEE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
FAJR
A Flash of Inspiration: “The End of the 20th Century”
THERE’S ONLY ONE STRAIGHT PATH IN CENTRAL PARK
FALSE PARADISE
THE ISLAND
INSIGHTS AT LIQUORLAND
IN THIS WIDE AND WICKED WORLD
CONSOLATION
ESCAPE FROM BROOKLYN
FISHER OF MEN
ROUTINE
THAT SUMMER
THE WALLS OF A HOME
THE UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS OF THE DEAD CHILDREN
NYC DNA
UNRELIABLE MEMOIR: CLOTHES
GUESTS
EMPTY PROMISES
MAKE THE SALE
EDITOR’S LETTER: FRIENDSHIP ISSUE
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CENTRAL PARK AS YOSEMITE
BROOD XXV
THE RBG VOTING RIGHTS ACT: REAUTHORIZATION & AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2021
ONLY CHILD GRAYSON
THREE POEMS FROM ONLY YESTERDAY
THE PLANETS
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF MOTHER
CUL-DE-SAC
TWO POEMS
AINU OTHELLO: THE STORY OF A PLAY
PROUD
WHO I AM NOW
BLOOPY
SIX POEMS
INTERVIEW WITH MARI KATAYAMA
A HIGH-TECH ANCIENT STILLNESS
EDITORS’ LETTERS: SPRING 2021 JAPAN ISSUE
THIS IS WHY WE STOPPED NAMING THE HORSES
HOPELESS
WANTING
WHAT’S MINE IS MINE
A SUNNY PLACE
MARY
A SISYPHEAN EXILE
THE STAIRS
A Flash of Inspiration: “Bad Qi” by Lucy Zhang
POSTER BOARDS AT THE PROTEST
BITS AND PIECES
WHAT WE USED TO SAY
WE’RE PROMISED RAIN
MATCH THE PERSON TO THE LIGHTS THEY LOVE
the sky the ground
IT’S CLINICAL
FAR FROM FORSAKEN
KEEPING UP WITH MYSELF, KEEPING UP WITH YOU
EARLY THERMAL WEAPONS
THE LONELINESS ISSUE
Trinkets
VIETNAMESE GUY AT THE NAIL SALON
Necropolis
A Flash of Inspiration: “It Wasn’t For Me” by Katy Ward
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
Manhattan Schist
WANDERING STARS
EMILY, ANECHOIC
Lemon Drop
Someday We’ll Dance Again
Someone to Love Me
LONGING
The Provision of Benches
STOP MAKING SENSE
FROM SOMEWHERE
NO MAN’S LAND
Roman Numeral Relationships
A CALIFORNIAN LIVING IN NEW YORK DURING COVID-19
JFK
The Compass Turns Thrice
ROSIE GOLDSTEIN WAS A DOG
The Mothers
LOVE-YOU-LOTS
A Tyranny of Wind
SHAMU CAM
The Mist
THE SNAKE
The Future of Love
TIME TRAVELING UNCLE
Getting By, Going By
THE CASHMERE CLOAK
Outsider, Insider
VITA SACKVILLE-WEST, LOVER OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Wolf Eyes
TOMORROW I SHALL BE FETTERLESS-BUT WHERE?
Sickle Claws: Hesperonychus Monstrous
Momma’s a Butcher
MAGPIE
A Very Open Letter from Donald Hump
Bad Research
TOLSTOY VISITS HIS STEPMOM
Twisting the Reels
Van Gogh Unbound
MEDUSA GOES TO MORRISONS — BY EMILIA ONG
Bradley Beach
Feelin’ like a Criminal: Trauma in ‘My Dark Vanessa’ through the music of Fiona Apple
KEEP YOUR KNICKERS ON
GLUE
Unicorn Cake
The Frugal Repast
Hindsight 2020: Notes on the First Year of the Trump Presidency
THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY
The Supplicant
Lenin in the Sky
Very Little like Alan
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ON THE RECENT SERIES OF DISAPPEARANCES IN YOUR SMALL TOWN
Guilty as Hell
Starchy
VIEW OF THE POND
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Mr Spire
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A Legacy of Aunting in the Literary Community
Catch and release
ARMBARS–IOWA CITY 1995
Blocked
Coronavirus, or the voices to forget
Neighbors
AGAIN, YET AGAIN
The Gun
Opera at the Bistro
BAD QI
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Graffiti
Ace
Little America
LIGHTING THE MATCH
Good Friday, 2020
Perfect Hair Day
M and M
And my life unfolds
ARIANE
Dear Galactic Living (From the Dystopian Letters)
Fry Person
Things Behind the Sun
FISH
Interiors
Strange Waters
Can’t You Do Something About This?
IT WASN’T FOR ME
When Blankoids Sing They Sound Like Elvis
euphoria
CUTTING TREES
Blood
I Want You to Know That I Was Hot Too
THE “JESUS LOVES ME” PAWN SHOP STORIES
Dear Rap Music (from the Dystopian Letters)
Elevtheria!
GOING TO THE OWLS
Grafted
Rawhead and Bloody Bones
A Dream
The Journey into Sacred Profanity: A Colorado Dance Troupe’s Mission of Empowerment
Situation
Mom Mazin’
Dear Africa (from the Dystopian Letters)
Dear Corporate State (from the Dystopian Letters)
Rome Suppressed
Dear Pandemic (from the Dystopian Letters)
Separation
Prozac and Presence
Art & Technology: Spring 2020: Editor’s letter.
Neighbor Cat
Coming of Age on a Day of Rage
The story of my first love
The Road that Leads Back Home
The Writing’s on the Wall
Still Life
Cinnamon rolls and racists
A Lack of Understanding: Storytelling for Robots
The Representation of Augmented Reality in Fiction
Art and Algorithms: The Work of Manfred Mohr by Charlotte Kent
Five-Hundred Year Anniversary: Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
Interview with Virtual Reality artist, Rachel Rossin
Interview with multidisciplinary artist Nwando Ebizie
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Complicated Blues
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