Side A Visual Poetry: “bye, see you soon” by Jonathan Memmert

bye, see you soon bye,see yousoon maybebefore you knowit one of us will run across each others pathsanother day another … More

“White Girls with Cornrows,” a Side A short story by Brent Joseph Johnson

White Girls with Cornrows I first came across Amber and Ashley while I was working at Ego’s maybe six or … More

In Pictures When girls asked who her father was, sometimes Norma Jeane said she didn’t know, and sometimes said she’d … More

Like So —after Alfonsina Storni, Argentina, 1892 –1938 1/ I’m reading a book on how to live and wondering if … More

Dissections Aortic. Sudden. Injurious. A natural violence of the innermost. A seepage that breaks open the layers of the central … More

Husband-Safe Carolina didn’t know when the pain began, but one day she bit into a cracker, and it arrived like … More

shroud trick Step 1. Start with a square sheet of paper with the white side facing up. Fold the paper in … More

Olive Gabardine Every night I’d go home and complain to my wife about him—how he could never count out the … More

Dear New York, For reasons unwilling to be revealed// My father is no longer with you// Grief as a tree … More

Honestly To pass the hours I spendby her bedside, I ask moma lot of questions, some dumbto make her laugh … More

Dark Rhymes They’re waiting for him in a Greek diner on 9th Avenue, hanging all the way in the back, … More

Why? There’s a boy who beats an invisible drum and a boy who loves nothing more than to stand in … More