I was standing on line at Austin Drugs in Great Neck, Long Island when I noticed a heavyset man three people ahead of me whose aura was as weak as…

Ludic Writing is a series of narratives generated through play, exploring the prospect of “Games as Writing Prompt.” Bartlett’s Memory is an extended work of fiction in three volumes, inspired by…

Van Halen – Women and Children First A new quality control ordinance from the Used Vehicle Sales Association requires all road-ready ‘62-‘79 Chevy Novas to include a balled-up dress from…

Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly by Joshua Rivkin Melville House, 2018 464 pages / Melville   It is difficult to write about art in a way that respects its…

Intro Wherein Michael A. Ferro regales us with tales of reading anti-plotter David Foster Wallace. Chris Campanioni makes up words (a tactic I hold in high esteem) as he discusses…

Above featured image credited to Adrian Pijoan and Ray Ewing, Salty (The Salton Sea Monster) As a child, I would spend the days of summer vacation glued in front of…

Cruel Fiction by Wendy Trevino Commune Editions, 2018 128 pages / Commune   As I write this nearly 500 migrant children remain trapped in cages in US custody, separated from their parents.…

Featured Image Credit: University of Texas, Arlington I was sitting in the tall grass, black plastic glasses falling off my face, a headlamp to my side. It was in late…

This is partly about a very American, fictional small town called Capeside, from the TV show Dawson’s Creek, partly about my home borough of Brent, and partly about how our surroundings…

I read about a hundred words each minute. It rings impressive, but it’s less than twenty pages an hour in a typical book. I stumbled through a history of the…

WOVEN is an Entropy series and dedicated safe space for essays by persons who engage with #MeToo, sexual assault and harassment, and #DomesticViolence, as well as their intersections with mental…

The woman was limping toward me, using a black and green umbrella as a cane. I was standing at the bus stop on Second and Washington in Hoboken on a…

New Poetry from Shirmina Smith       the women in my family have always been a sea for parched men for men who think themselves as prophets enough to…

Steps to Thriving in a Chicago Winter Visit a nature preserve on December 21st to celebrate the start of winter and the shortest day of the year. You’ll miss the…