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  • Damaged Heritage Part Four: “Violence itself became part of the economic enterprise . . .” [by J. Chester Johnson]

    May 7, 2020

    (Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of Reconciliation by J. Chester Johnson. Follow these links for parts one, two,…

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  • The Clue in the Embers [by Martina Marietta]

    May 6, 2020

    for David Lehman  (1) A lady inquires about a common acquaintance by her maiden name. (2) The lost pencil was a present from the brother-in-law with whom he later quarreled. (3) In the New…

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  • Hello from a Distance [by Cara Benson]

    May 6, 2020

    The author encounters a chorus of clacking wood frogs in a vernal pool. Photo © Cara Benson I already live in the middle of nowhere. I say “already” because before non-essential workers were told…

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  • Damaged Heritage Part 3: “A Multitude of Challenges and Storms . . .” [by J. Chester Johnson]

    May 6, 2020

    (Ed note: This is the third in a series of excerpts from Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of Reconciliation by J. Chester Johnson. Find part one here and part two…

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  • On the Sixth of May, Freud’s birthday (and that of Willie Mays) [by David Lehman & Kathleen Heil]

    May 6, 2020

    Freud visited the United States in December 1929 (1) To investigate the spate of suicides following the stock market crash in October (2) To meet with his American editor, Maxwell Perkins. (3) To give…

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  • Eyesight [poem by A. R. Ammons]

    May 5, 2020

    Hand printed from hand set type by Larch Tree Press of Ithaca, NY in March, 2010. The drawings is © 2010 by James Tyler –sdl

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