by Jeff Gibson | Sep 1, 2016 | North America, Stories, USA
When I decided to accept a new position at the University of North Dakota, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I packed up my U-Haul and moved from Michigan to the Great Plains. After driving across the Midwest, things began to get flat. Really flat. The...
by Sarah Durrance | Jul 6, 2016 | North America, Poetry, USA
You expect the sand to be forgiving, but it will claim all of you, everything you have while your mind is fixed on the incandescent glow of the horizon. You expect the clouds to be protecting, the shade on your shoulders burns deeper than the sun’s hues. but the...
by Kendra Poole | Jun 15, 2016 | North America, Stories, USA
Last week I quit my job in the Senate to become a writer. I left Washington – dumped my things in a storage unit – and now I live in a backpack and am in Chicago. I’m attending a lecture at Northwestern, learning about May 27, 1977 in Angola, and I am considering...
by Kendra Poole | Jun 13, 2016 | North America, Poetry, USA
Afterward, we worm into the basement of a Mr. Ted Kessler. He watches us pick apart relic from rubble, relent- less relievers, subduing a hoarseness of tone. Here is his moldy rocking chair. Did he sit here once? To watch the sea romance the sand? We ask now: Does...
