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Nov 14
17 min

NOVEMBER, 2020

Bacon-Wrapped Dates and the Last Word Lindsey Royce Stones pock our dirt road to the end of my vision. There, perspective hones to a poin...

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Oct 14
25 min

OCTOBER, 2020

To Godfrey, the Horse Who Rode My Secret Evangeline Sanders I remember grinding the metal pick into the groove of the hoof, the chipping ...

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Sep 15
9 min

SEPTEMBER, 2020

Jungle Scene, New York Style Philip Vassallo Born and bred in New York, I am no shill’s fool, but was I ever had today. I was heading for...

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Aug 15
21 min

AUGUST, 2020

Cherries Doug Holder I was here, there, nowhere... Sitting with a crumpled bag of cherries in Washington Square. Far from the Midtown Tun...

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Jul 16
16 min

JULY, 2020

Ass Paul Germano On a crowded dance floor in a trendy club, a slightly-drunk bank teller with an athletic build, shimmies, shakes and thr...

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Jun 15
18 min

JUNE, 2020

1969 Ron A. Kalman It was the summer of ’69 and I was 10 years old. I had a friend named Mark who lived in half of a two-family house. Hi...

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May 15
12 min

MAY, 2020

Communion, Spring, 2020 Charles Coe Do you remember those days when we’d all meet at some favorite restaurant? Stepping in from the cold,...

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Apr 15
16 min

APRIL, 2020

At the Lake House Danny P. Barbare With a clean sheet of paper and a pen filled with ink I remember along a road by blackberries, golden ...

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Mar 15
16 min

MARCH, 2020

Adagio for Heart Strings Lindsey Royce I woke after a delicious weed- induced sleep wholly relaxed, as if my body had forgotten you are d...

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Feb 17
21 min

FEBRUARY, 2020

Be Your Own Literary Hero Chad Parenteau Ignore. Ignore. Ignore. Forsake even mirror. Shave according to reflection of sexting roommate i...

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Jan 14
20 min

JANUARY, 2020

Chaw Rob Dinsmoor I’m on a converted school bus carrying us from our living quarters—essentially a Super 8 Motel—to the drug and alcohol ...

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