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— 1 — The act of bearing witness. Typically, to witness something implies observing criminal activity or observing a spectacular event. When often, the most profound act of bearing witness…

[Photo Source: techcrunch.com] Victoria, the case file said, was eighty-one at the time of her death. While I waited for photographs and video clips to download, I started inputting some…

[Photo Credit:  Buzzfeed] He’d stumbled through the frenzied aftermath. Hospital, police, morgue, autopsy, coroner’s report. And people to call. Terri, again and again. His sister in Seattle. What about his…

Raptor On the phone, you describe a hawk stalking a wren on the woodpile. Probably a Cooper’s, you say, not sure which bird to root for. The hawk has all…

  disarmament farewell’s occasion composes two flushed and open-mouthed against one very still for an elsewhere dream unfolds in the right eye as the left transmits to the machine proprioceptive…

There is a moment in Brad Listi’s Other People interview with David Shields (Episode 454) when Shields and Listi riff on Bill Murray anecdotes, where instantly, I wanted to sit…

Let’s say you have a little sister–one that’s only around when convenient for you. She’s less like a sister than an imaginary friend. Let’s say that’s what we call her:…

The island, a smooth piece of peridot from the helicopter window, was hotter and smellier at ground level. Mist from the bald volcanic peak rolled down the slopes of palm…

    Tuning into honking geese, a sneeze bouncing off the back of a bronze bust.               Heather McShane’s recent explorations involve pairing text…

When I was growing up, my family celebrated Fat Tuesday by attending an all-you-can-eat pancake dinner in the basement of a nearby Episcopal church. “They’re practically Catholic,” my father would…

*orchids tumbling in the air, scot-free.   Upstate New York Gray (no. 1)   skullcap gray cream-yellow gray blue-linen gray moon gray peek-a-boo gray dismissive gray altar gray collar gray…

This isn’t happening. I quickly folded up the letter I was handed minutes ago by my best friend on the number 5 bus on our way to school. Tel Aviv,…

Level: Beginner to Intermediate (which translates to having watched 1-3 Kdramas)   Perhaps you recently fell in love with Kdrams through “Secret Garden” or you watched “A Jewel in the…

What My Hair Says About You by Laura Theobald. Metatron, 2016. 96 pages.   am i supposed to talk about the drain your feet or something things i know   Like…