B Categories Literature Non-Fiction December, 2017 BLOODLINE I picked Washington Square1 from a low shelf in my parents’ living room, having courted the idea for a while, as the book looked pretty. I..
W Categories Poetry December, 2017 Why no one remembers the name of Janet Leigh’s character in Psycho. 1. Conundrum the saint with the sadness of autumn crickets. Flow your love to what cries unseen. 2. Rattle the linguist with the voices of..
T Categories Fiction December, 2017 Tonight in San Pedro This time Carmen’s late even by local standards. I’m waiting as the bar starts to fill up. We’re waiting for the nightclubs to open, women..
F Categories Poetry Translations December, 2017 FIXED STARS ESTRELLAS FIJAS Cuando ya de la vida el alma tenga, con el cuerpo, rota, y duerma en el sepulcro esa noche, más larga que las..
L Categories Fiction December, 2017 Lying Sideways “School out already?” I ask. “The fish was lying sideways in my class.” “Yeah?” “A kid at school said it’s normal.” “Huh.” “He said fish..
M Categories Poetry December, 2017 Memory Take a hit. Watch the moon slip to new moon. Listen to the lady you Work with talk about ghosts, and start to cry..
T Categories Culture Non-Fiction December, 2017 The Thing about Mumbai Locals Every morning I wake up at 8 am. I get dressed, wear my expensive tie and shiny watch. Then I roll my sleeves and walk..
R Categories Poetry December, 2017 Remember me in words I Remember me in words Count the syllables. Recount them. Can you see them Kneeling before the universe? I pray in verse To these unruly..