you should get a reading beautiful like the orange we were red now we’re orange i’ve been cleaning it’s time for a change what’s your name how old are you you were born under a […]
Bushwick: Parte Una.
Mom said, “Fuck this,” as she handed me clothing soaked in feces, mold or whatever was in that floodwater. I wanted to ask her for the quarter to put in our curse jar, kept on […]
NYC Musician
The pavement was wet from the early morning showers and the trees in Union Square dripped on the benches and bright green tables on the lawn. The trees dripped on people walking across the square. […]
Cheque
Cheque placed his dress shoes on the kitchen floor, and reached under the kitchen table for his shoe shining kit. In a small handwoven basket, traditionally used for keeping tortillas warm, he found a tired […]
Speakcheesy
We met under the JMZ in Bushwick, Brooklyn at 4pm. The cheesemakers had to deliver their cheeses on time to the restaurant, otherwise, our night wouldn’t go according to plan. I had coordinated the evening’s […]
A Conversation with Rene Steinke
René Steinke’s most recent novel, Friendswood (Riverhead), was named one of National Public Radio’s Best Books of 2014. Her previous novel, Holy Skirts, an imaginative retelling of the life of the artist and provocateur, Baroness […]
A Conversation with Tiphanie Yanique
Tiphanie Yanique is the author of the story collection, How to Escape from a Leper Colony, and I Am the Virgin Islands, a poem and children’s book illustrated by her husband, photographer Moses Djeli. Yanique […]
A Conversation with Rigoberto Gonzàlez
Rigoberto González was born in Bakersfield, California, and raised in Michoacán, Mexico. He is the author of several poetry books, including So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks (1999), a National Poetry Series selection; Other Fugitives […]
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp, A Review
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp by Richards Meyers (2013, Harper Collins) Richard Hell would tell you he invented New York Punk Rock. And he does tell us this along with many […]
I’m Not A Journaler, But…
I’ve never kept a journal or a diary. The idea always seemed odd to me. It reminded me of books by Judy Blume that I read when I was a kid. I wasn’t the […]