The Art of Literary Sex

/ Chris Gavaler / Misc
Sex, I have to imagine, hasn’t changed much since the early 1990s, but the state of fiction has.

And Then Walk Away

#subtlyroundedblacksquares

/ Queen Mob / Misc
During this brief and trivial conversation, I was entranced not only by his warm smile and engaging gaze, but by the vibrant deep blue of his shirt and its subtly rounded black squares.

Excerpt: ‘Ember Days’ by Nick Ripatrazone

/ Queen Mob / Misc
Scott never spoke about her anymore. Not to Mary, not to the girls. He tried not to think about her.

Gentrification = Deathbed

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
Means we need these love signs, stamps, and signatures more than ever.

Who Is the Arkham Knight?

BITCH BETTA HAVE MA MONEY-RIHRIH

/ Elias Tezapsidis / Misc
I want her brand so bad I would pay money I do not have for anything if it may include further proximity to her.

PAINTBYUSER.COM

Drinking Leftover Iced

/ A.J. Odasso / Misc
If misery loves company, then my preferred company is solitude on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Just Farther Away

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
After talking to me all night at the 24 hr party in Montreal, where I screened Love Sounds, he says: You’re so exciting to talk to. I say: Yeah, well.

Sight Unseen: Come and See 2

/ Queen Mob / Misc
My heart is going nowhere and the sun is set to kill us all.

Remembering Nazik Al-Mala’ika

/ Nazli Tarzi / Misc
On the eighth anniversary of her death, we remember the legacy of Iraq's uncrowned queen of poetry, Nazik Al-Mala'ika.

Sight Unseen: United Passions

Boxing

Putin Test IV: Vladimir Savich

/ Claire Dranes / Misc
Dear readers, we have to turn him to dust. Mr. Huylo, for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

I Don’t Pray; I Do

/ Queen Mob / Misc
I refrain from thrusting my atheism upon others. However, I get asked to pray quite frequently, which has resulted in a long-standing private practice of mine.

Little Patience for Fantasies

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
reflection is not simply focused on the content of the image but on its form, its means and functions

Back Story Folk Guitar

/ Joe Linker / Misc
A back story is a forward. The forward is not a trailer, nor is it an abstract.

Get Your Tickets to Africa Ready

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
Do you know what it means to refuse 50 million dollars in America?

Rehearsals

/ Vladimir Savich / Misc
  Vlad* Savich was born in the USSR, where he was educated, married and fathered […]

Herbert Read Died 139 Years Ago Today

/ Queen Mob / Misc
Of a scarlet spider / Running over the bright / Green mould of an apple-tree

“Is Everybody In”?

/ Queen Mob / Misc
William S. Burroughs reads poetry by Jim Morrison over music.

Trading

/ Queen Mob / Misc
If you could see close in my eyes, the American flag is waving in both of them and up my spine is growing this red, white and blue stripe.

Macromancy