Monday, July 18th, 2011
“Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet” by francine j. harris
francine j. harris KATHERINE WITH THE LAZY EYE. SHORT. AND NOT A GOOD POET. This morning, I heard you were found in your McDonald’s uniform. I heard it while I was visiting a lake town, where empty woodsy highways turn into waterside drives. I’d forgot my toothbrush and was brushing with my finger, when a [...]
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
“We Speak of August” by Valentina Gnup
Valentina Gnup WE SPEAK OF AUGUST Alone in my kitchen, I copy a chicken salad recipe from a Woman’s Day magazine and plan tomorrow night’s dinner. We don’t know what will happen between one raindrop [...]
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
“Sin of Unrequited Love” by Heidi Garnett
Heidi Garnett SIN OF UNREQUITED LOVE In war there are no unwounded soldiers. —Narosky We had the problem of youth, the problem of desire, our testicles pulled tight as empty purse seines, the starved musculature of the heart. We watched clouds move from east to west, but with no real avidity. The sun rose and [...]
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
“Car Accident” by Ken Meisel
Ken Meisel CAR ACCIDENT 9th Street, St. Petersburg, Florida The same month that woman went into outer space, and I mean Judith Resnik, who died in the Challenger a few years later, underneath the watching eyes of God or NASA, another woman I didn’t really know, either, a common woman, [...]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
“The Making of 1:43 PM” by Marcia LeBeau
Marcia LeBeau THE MAKING OF 1:43 PM Anna had Down Syndrome and was best friends with my sister who also, not surprisingly, has Down Syndrome, too that’s the PC way to refer to it these days. And yes, Anna died 3 days after taking a Caribbean cruise with her mother my sister and my mother. [...]
