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  • “Fifty-Two Pickup” [by D. N. Redfern]

    March 13, 2020

    . "I make a lot of money," he said,  to no one in particular, which was a lie. He'd gambled it away at blackjack in Vegas, where the dark bar had as many ugly…

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  • Naming of Parts [by Henry Reed]

    March 13, 2020

    Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,We shall have what to do after firing. But today,Today we have naming of parts. JaponicaGlistens like coral in all of the…

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  • Squib 395 [by Alan Ziegler]

    March 13, 2020

    395. The voice on the radio is hysterical. We turn it louder until we can’t make out the words, drowning out the phones and sirens. We shut the windows and harmonize in a hymn. Your hands…

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  • A Virtual AWP [by Nin Andrews]

    March 12, 2020

    AWP has come and gone, and as you know, many poets and writers and books sellers and editors missed it, believing it best that they not travel or socialize or present their books or…

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  • Glamour Defined: Rita Hayworth as “Gilda” (1946)

    March 11, 2020

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  • Met Percent: Week Seventeen [by Alec Bernstein]

    March 9, 2020

    Ornament , Automata & Crime Left: Two Spherical Clocks, George Seydell, Germany, 17th c. Right: Caricature of Engravers "in the Greek Style", Jean Charles Delafosse, French.Bottom: Ostrich Egg Ewer, Hans Claus I, German, 1630. Sawtooth…

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