It’s an Allegory, See? The Deeper Message of the “Desert Survival Series” by Mirabella Miller
“Desert Survival Series” is a collection of poems by Amy Sara Carroll published on the mobile app Transborder Immigrant Tool in 2011. The poems appear …
Why You’re the Best Mother in the Universe by Inci Anali
inspired by “Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem” by Matthew Olzmann Because every time we watch a movie, you think we already …
Erosion by Andrea Posada
I had a bruise on my shin for three weeks, shaped like the aerial view of a long …
A Holy Guest by June Lee
A Holy Guest June Lee At the bedrock bottom of your staircase, I was baptized into your religion, an unforeseen guest of sixteen sheepishly …
Sick! by Ari Daniels
Look at that tree! Struck by lightning and just toppled over, dead. Her crown has split, her sap is running, her bare roots exposed to …
Nothing (Somewhere) by Cecelia Blum
In a burning orb On a bed of ice At the supermarket for $4.99 a pound Can run Can’t hide May migrate to Mars …
Yu’s Going Through Changes (Oh, in His Life) by Caitlyn Muñoz
Regardless of whether or not Charles Yu’s novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe ought to be classified as science fiction, the …
Defining Borders by Tess Frazer
Borders not only define the physical confines of neighborhoods, but they also play a dynamic role in defining the lives of their inhabitants. Jane Jacobs, …