James Brandon Lewis 4/2/24 James Brandon Lewis 4/2/24

Encounter: A Surrealist Game of Empirical Perception

My encounter with this visual metaphor, where notes became atoms, led to the creation of Molecular Systematic Music.

Douglas Penick 4/2/24 Douglas Penick 4/2/24

Stravinsky at the End

Stravinsky’s last works have a severe beauty that remains always haunting.

Suswati Basu 12/12/23 Suswati Basu 12/12/23

What Would Kant Think of AI?

This notion of obeying commands starkly opposes our actual lived experiences.

Joanna Chen 12/12/23 Joanna Chen 12/12/23

Broken World

We must not allow extremists to dictate how we respond to the world.

Ho-Ming So Denduangrudee 12/12/23 Ho-Ming So Denduangrudee 12/12/23

Fatherlands

I also want to keep my father forever, but I’d be missing the point.

Thomas Sayers Ellis 12/12/23 Thomas Sayers Ellis 12/12/23

Folkcal Fraim 12

The soul of every good negative is the light in water.

Featured Fiction Series 12/12/23 Featured Fiction Series 12/12/23

Featured Fiction: K. C. Frederick

We’re honored to showcase K.C. Frederick’s short story, Losing Lucia, with Introduction by John Fulton.

Featured Poet Series 12/12/23 Featured Poet Series 12/12/23

Featured Poet: Nasser Rabah

We’re proud to bring you the poems of Nasser Rabah.

Dan Hunter 12/12/23 Dan Hunter 12/12/23

John Frum America: “You want Jeep?”

AI religion faces the possibility that it will change doctrine each time it’s queried.

Askold Melnyczuk 12/12/23 Askold Melnyczuk 12/12/23

The Death of a Mouse and the Fall of Rome

A writer's task is to make himself as capable a vehicle as possible.

Christian Moraru 12/12/23 Christian Moraru 12/12/23

An Ethos of Attunement: Ruxandra Novac Among Objects

Novac’s recent poetry is in touch with objects and responsive to their anguish.

Raisa Tolchinsky 12/12/23 Raisa Tolchinsky 12/12/23

Review: “absolute animal” by Rachel DeWoskin

These poems leave behind an intense quiet that helps me attend to the unspoken world.

Nataliia Bidenko 10/10/23 Nataliia Bidenko 10/10/23

Notes in the Kyiv Scrapbook

War stories are becoming more common every day. And there will be many more.

Thomas Sayers Ellis 10/10/23 Thomas Sayers Ellis 10/10/23

Folkcal Fraim 11

With a camera, I could feel the interior lives of objects not given the opportunity to live as we live.

Leila Farsakh 10/10/23 Leila Farsakh 10/10/23

Trying to Reach Palestine

I found my father’s house waiting for us, in its defiant, embracing grandeur.

Helen Fremont 10/10/23 Helen Fremont 10/10/23

Review: “Is It So?”

This book is not only a work of literature, but also a companion to the world of possibilities within each of us.

Featured Fiction Series 10/10/23 Featured Fiction Series 10/10/23

Featured Fiction: Jennifer Haigh

We’re honored to showcase Jennifer Haigh’s short story Citizen, with Introduction by John Fulton.

Featured Poet Series 10/10/23 Featured Poet Series 10/10/23

Featured Poet: Nidia Hernández

We’re proud to bring you the poems of writer and editor Nidia Hernández, introduced by Askold Melnyczuk.

Dan Hunter 10/10/23 Dan Hunter 10/10/23

I Am, In Fact, A Person

We must ask anew: what does it mean to be human?

Tony Schwalm 10/10/23 Tony Schwalm 10/10/23

Baby Blue On Baby Blue

I wonder why I didn’t feel bad. I wonder why I didn’t feel anything.