What comes after Post-Modernism?
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Mrs. Sisyphus by Mark J. Mitchell
Mark J. Mitchell studied writing at UC Santa Cruz under Raymond Carver, George Hitchcock and Barbara Hull. His work has appeared in various periodicals over the last thirty five years, as well as the anthologies Good Poems, American Places,Hunger Enough, Retail Woes and Line Drives. His chapbook, Three Visitors has recently been published by Negative…
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Hip-Hopistan:Inside Greater Kurdistan’s Nascent Hip Hop Scene
The bass pounded from the speakers, but the crowd sat idly by. Amir, an amateur Kurdish rapper, struggled to beat out his raps, completely failing to move the crowd. He left the stage in Azadi Park frustrated. Amir saw many challenges facing the hip-hop scene in Sleimiani, quoting Tupac, his foremost hip-hop influence: “I see…
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They will make cities from us…by G. Mramor
And there I am, like a devil before your eyes, bouncing from lash to lash to make my way down the race of your skin and glide my fingers across your receding lips, yearning for no memory fore memory is not needed to find the trace of your beauty, like my ink through this page,…
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In the year I met you – Monica Murasaki
Monica Murasaki is an inked, nerd, artist, teacher in Madison, WI who works in an alternative school with at-risk youth. In the year I met you In the year I met you Paola, silent Spanish girl
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Spring Procession – Curtis Emery
Curtis Emery is a recent finalist for the Marjorie Sparrow poetry award, garnishing critical assessment from poets such as Brian Turner. Obsessed with the natural world and mysticism of existence, Curtis aims to continue a dialogue with the ever present challenge of poetry: to sketch the abstraction of the self. Spring Procession I came across…
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Stronger at the Start – Jim Davis
JIM DAVIS is a graduate of Knox College and an MFA candidate at Northwestern University. Jim lives, writes, and paints in Chicago, where he reads for TriQuarterly and edits the North Chicago Review. His work has appeared in Seneca Review, Adroit Journal, Sheepshead Review, New Plains Review, Whitefish Review, The Café Review, and Contemporary American…
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GRAB THIS: Ana Carrete’s “pinky promise me this”
Stumbled upon Ana Carrete’s chapbook/piece entitled “pinky promise me this” just today on Twitter. You should check it out! Click here to read/download a PDF version. You can also purchase a copy of her recent book Baby Babe using the links below. A Shaun Gannon reading from “pinky promise me this” (2012). Links http://idonothavepenisenvy.blogspot.com Tweets by…
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Want of Sleep…by G. Mramor
With hands raised
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Outside in a Vatican Terraza
Sy Roth has been previously featured on the In Parentheses blog. Outside in a Vatican Terraza Outside, the Vatican, twisted frame,
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Outside of Eden with Jennifer Collins
Jennifer Collins is a tattooed poet and animal lover who’s been reluctantly transplanted from the south, and now lives with her husband and creatures in Pittsburgh. Her poetry has been published in various journals, and she spends her summers teaching creative writing and drama at the Cardigan Mountain School. later than before In disassembling love,…
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