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Geraniums in the Studio
by
Lucia Cherciu
Published: Aug 23, 2023
"so much red, so much hope"
When You Write This Letter
by
Amanda Rosas
Published: Aug 23, 2023
"pen it like the stab of a needle"
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Nest Egg
by
W. Barrett Munn
Published: Aug 20, 2023
Am I looking up at flowers?
Calloused Hands
by
W. Barrett Munn
Published: Aug 20, 2023
all you knew was the pounding, pounding
Modeling Clay
by
W. Barrett Munn
Published: Aug 20, 2023
Men behind the wheel, and kids were clay.
Fowl Intentions
by
Christopher Mitchell
Published: Aug 16, 2023
I tried to scramble to my feet, but a swift bill took hold of my ankle once again.
Temple of Hope
by
Ayisha Silverson
Published: Aug 16, 2023
"Built on pure intentions"
You Gotta Know How to Dance
by
Chen Okafor
Published: Aug 14, 2023
"The whole girlfriend business is a family affair."
The Faded Calendar
by
Margaret Anne Kean
Published: Aug 14, 2023
"One page from an old monthly calendar remained"
Last Rites
by
Margaret Anne Kean
Published: Aug 14, 2023
"Mom's thirst for air called out one last time"
The Things They Left Behind
by
Kathryn Hively
Published: Aug 09, 2023
"After years of noise, the stillness in the Cartwright house lay heavy."
Last Night's Return to the Past
by
Chris Dahl
Published: Aug 07, 2023
"facades ripped open, concrete and re-bar exposed"
If your love was an ocean
by
Fernando Morales
Published: Aug 07, 2023
"all I would see is blue"
A bath
by
Lawson Wang
Published: Aug 02, 2023
"you are being crowned with overnight feelings"
Empty Barstool
by
Joe Barca
Published: Aug 02, 2023
"Rejection letters fill my throat."
A Lament Rises from the Nursing Home
by
Margaret Anne Kean
Published: Jul 30, 2023
"A shadow covers his brain"
Rage-Reading Einstein After My Parents Died 27 Days Apart
by
Margaret Anne Kean
Published: Jul 30, 2023
"Let me bend the time-space continuum/cut the tether that ties me inside my skin"
My Father is an Overgrown Jungle
by
Ash Slade
Published: Jul 26, 2023
"A feral cornucopia, unmaimed"
Meditations On Faith
by
Ash Slade
Published: Jul 26, 2023
"the unbolting of bottled up showers"
One Story - Open School Night
by
Roxanne Cardona
Published: Jul 26, 2023
"the sky hung on a street pole"
Something Timeless About a Death
by
Bob Kirkley
Published: Jul 23, 2023
"We might even have loved each other"
Grace
by
Bob Kirkley
Published: Jul 23, 2023
"I do understand the symbolism of it"
This Year's Top 10 Most Read
Two Takes on Charles Marohn’s Strong Towns
by
Russell Arben Fox
Published: Jul 18, 2020
Russell Arben Fox reviews Charles Marohn's Strong Towns for San Antonio Review.
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Preprints (2):
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Russell Arben Fox
The Patronus Paradox
by
Chienyn Chi
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Amrita Mishra
, and
Noah Weisz
Published: Jul 03, 2022
Dispelling the Dementors of Grad School
Emergence
by
Whitney Hurwitz
Published: Mar 19, 2023
"A reminder to us all"
Review of Austin Leonard Jones' Dead Calm
by
Harold Whit Williams
Published: Oct 16, 2022
Musician-poet-author Harold Whit Williams reviews authentic jukebox honky-tonk from Austin Leonard Jones.
Walking with Mom
by
Shalini Narang
Published: May 10, 2023
I too, will grow old and maybe ramble and bore
"The Dead Know What They're Doing When They Leave This World Behind." Did David Berman?
by
Andy Boyd
Published: Jul 19, 2020
Reflections on the untimely passing of the Silver Jews' frontman.
Doña Rosa
by
Tejaswinee Roychowdhury
Published: Jul 16, 2023
"I said no prayers when I watched their remains burn and rise in smoke"
Obsidian Fields
by
Patricia Contaxis
Published: Feb 22, 2023
"We walked through a lava field where no trees grew, nothing green"
Faith Journeys
by
Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri
Published: Mar 19, 2023
"Passion would soon be replaced by the smell of something burning"
The Question White Parents Should Be Asking
by
Margaret A. Hagerman
Published: Aug 07, 2020
Margaret A. Hagerman, sociologist and author of "White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America," says parents need to do more than talk to their kids to counter racism.
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Peter Berard
Notes from the Editorial Collective
Recent Editors' Notes
Montevideo Water Crisis
by
William O. Pate II
Published: Jun 27, 2023
Tracking the crisis de agua in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Supplements (2):
Emergencia hídrica en Montevideo y Zona Metropolitana
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Zotero | Groups > Montevideo Water Crisis
Statement on the Climate Emergency
by
William O. Pate II
Published: Jan 26, 2023
Journalism should reflect what the science says on global heating: the climate emergency is here.
Notes from the Poetry Editor
by
Arvilla Fee
Published: Dec 06, 2022
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." —Robert Frost
5 Things with William Pate, founder and publisher of San Antonio Review
by
William O. Pate II
Published: Aug 01, 2022
On taking action, using resources and petting pups
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Preprints (1):
William O. Pate II
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