The metal bars on the merry-go-round heat like curling irons. I sit criss-crossed at its center, the pupil of an eye.
You Look Like Your Daddy by Anjali Enjeti
Wandering by Deb Hemley
..he told me about an upcoming exhibit of Ansel Adam’s photographs. “If you’ve never seen them in person,” he said, “ you should come. It’ll be fun.”
Naked Ladies and Cicadas by Joanna Brichetto
For twenty-three Nashville summers they’ve surprised us in the front yard: pink megaphones on a stick.
A Cloud the Shape of Kentucky by Ryan Kauffman
…he played poker and I tried to understand why an Ace, a card with no face on it, was considered superior to the King.
The Birth of Fear by Leanne Sowul
We’ve just finished telling my in-laws that according to a recent consult with my doctor, it will be difficult, if not downright dangerous, for us to have a baby.
Bike Scars by Melissa Coss Aquino
My father whistled for me from outside–a whistle all four of his children growing up in three different households knew and answered…
Wings by Callie Reitfors
I am 16, holding my breath as I wait for the needle to resume etching the delicate wings of the swallowtail into the tender skin of my right hip.
REVIEW: Now for the Disappointing Part: A Pseudo-Adult’s Decade of Short-Term Jobs, Long-Term Relationships, and Holding Out for Something Better by Steven Barker
Steven Barker’s debut book is a compilation of essays about what it’s like working as a temporary employee, joining the nearly “17 million contract workers in the U.S.”
REVIEW — Kingpin: Prisoner of the War on Drugs by Richard Stratton
It’s hard to fathom, reading this book in 2017, that Richard Stratton would have to do time at all for his offense–smuggling hashish and marijuana into the United States.
REVIEW: Valencia by James Nulick
Review by Rachel NewcombeDeath is a library with all the lights turned off. –Valencia, James Nulick An unnamed male protagonist is going to die. But before he dies, we follow him to Valencia, Spain, where he checks into the Hotel Valencia for one week. He brings just a few articles of clothing and some…
