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…
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A true stylistic tour de force, Ayn Soph’s “The Mind Eclectic” proves there is still some truth in advertising with a title that depicts their love of genre-blending. Hip-hop, jazz…
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I Hate You, Please Read Me by Joshua Dalton House of Vlad, February 2021 Available for preorder Joshua Dalton’s first book is a collection of tweets, short stories, conversations…
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* * * Be careful with this hurt creature that you hold: a little bird, barely breathing but gently panting, after you quieted her heartbeat in your hands The softest…
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Years ago, I retreated to an isolated Sri Lankan village that English people had transformed into an Eden for foreigners: twice-a-day yoga classes that culminated in foot rubs, vegan feasts…
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Image Credit: Sebastian Staines Fear: a combination of worries stemming from past experiences, often sitting adjacent to a can of kerosene. Fear tells you to stay away from the…
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There are three things an Irishman should never do: admit that he can’t hold his liquor, fail to weave a good yarn, and confess to being down on his luck.…
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Sifting under strawberry vines each week, I lift their long, leafy tendrils with god knows what on the end. Various shapes, colors, and stages of rottenness, or not. I’d planted…
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Convenient Amnesia by Donald Vincent Broadstone Books, July 2020 96 pages / Bookshop / B&N / Amazon Here are two things you need to know upfront: I’ve known Donald…
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TRIGGER WARNING: This essay contains references to suicide that may be triggering to some. Within the deservedly acclaimed finale of BoJack Horseman, there’s one scene in particular that encapsulates the…
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The Far North conjures up the spirit of Americana in the vein of early Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, “Songs For Gentle Souls” stuns with its timeless classic sound. With…
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But expression (not only in myself outwards but by other people inwards) has always enabled me to find optimism. The name of the press embodies this sort of optimistic cynicism.
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Slater Rhea teaches through play on the joyous celebration of “Sing Chinese with Slater”. Nicely bridging Chinese and American culture through song, the album shines with so much optimism. Melodically…
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You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat Catapult, June 2020 263 pages / Bookshop / B&N / Amazon “You exist too much,” complains a mother to her daughter, the…