by Angela Woodward | Nov 21, 2022 | Magazine Article
Unease crackles through an otherwise familiar Wisconsin Northwoods setting in Jill Stukenberg’s debut novel, News of the Air, winner of the Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press. Allie and Bud abandoned Chicago almost twenty years ago to run a mom-and-pop resort...
by Bruce Dethlefsen | Nov 21, 2022 | Magazine Article
I tried to read his favoritepoem at my son his funhis fune read at his funeralhe’d you see died there wasa motorcycle a sunny black motorcycleand red the blood his head wasred on one side and the asphaltwas black and hot and sundown redat my son his funeraland...
by Jess Parker | Nov 21, 2022 | Magazine Article
Before the moon, there was Neptune.And before that, one giant sky rock took a bite from another, spitting in anger—a wet thud went to Earth who, spinning too close, caught a bit of sponge in her teeth…First it was Florida, coastal erosion, part of nature’s...
by Alecia Beymer | Nov 21, 2022 | Magazine Article
What does this life requireof me. A constellationof sharp caution empties: emberscrackle in a nearby firepit. Texturedbranches seduce the night, considerthis was all you ever thoughtdesire could be: planted calm and the arrivalof darkness. Always someone runningthe...
by Nicholas Gulig | Nov 21, 2022 | Magazine Article
The origin of every book is loss.There is not a word in the beginningand language always listens to its end. Tell mewhat has left its mark upon the names you give to starsyou cannot see and I will try to break the sentenceinto something strange enough to trust.Look,...
