“People Do Not Give Each Other Shelter”: On Halldor Laxness’s Independent People
Independent People can be read as a meditation on what it means to have dependents and what it is one owes them.
Featured Fiction: Dustin M. Hoffman
We’re honored to showcase Hoffman’s short story Rosie the Riveter's Résumé, with Introduction by John Fulton.
Lines in Kherson, August 2023
There’s no hard line between war and peace in Ukraine but that doesn’t mean the human soul stops yearning for one.
Tributes to Amy Lowell
Our tribute to Amy Lowell began with a visit to her grave on her 150th birthday.
Die with a Hammer in my Hand
How can you test for creativity? It’s a contradiction in terms.
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.
Stravinsky at the End
Stravinsky’s last works have a severe beauty that remains always haunting.
What Would Kant Think of AI?
This notion of obeying commands starkly opposes our actual lived experiences.
Featured Fiction: K. C. Frederick
We’re honored to showcase K.C. Frederick’s short story, Losing Lucia, with Introduction by John Fulton.
John Frum America: “You want Jeep?”
AI religion faces the possibility that it will change doctrine each time it’s queried.
The Death of a Mouse and the Fall of Rome
A writer's task is to make himself as capable a vehicle as possible.
An Ethos of Attunement: Ruxandra Novac Among Objects
Novac’s recent poetry is in touch with objects and responsive to their anguish.
Review: “absolute animal” by Rachel DeWoskin
These poems leave behind an intense quiet that helps me attend to the unspoken world.