Issue 9 / Spring 2017 Temember that lesson when you were small, about taking candy from strangers? John Wayne’s mama never taught him that; he heard it through TV, sure, but no one ever told him explicitly not to, ’cause mama didn’t think she...
Issue 9 / Spring 2017 Read Part 1 in February’s Issue When our front door came alive one night with an explosion of knuckle knocking, it moved me from one level of exploration to the next. It was January of 1964 and every radio station in the city seemed to be...
To Be a Real Writer: Privileged Writing Advice By Monica Prince A few weeks ago, Parrish Wilson, who hosts the Writing Vibes online writing group, posed an interesting question to the group, one that I’ve heard many an MFA ask a visiting writer: how often do...
Review: Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air by Jeff Fearnside Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air Author: Jeff Fearnside Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2016 ISBN: 1622881036 $18.00 Growing up a curious child in Middle America can be...
Issue 8 / Winter 2017 W hat a nuisance, to wake up with a song already repeating in your head. The earworms I’m especially prone to are those infantilizing jingles with all their half-assed folk whistling and dreadful ukuleles. Like serenading simpletons, they...
Issue 8 / Winter 2017 “Y ’all are hungry,” Mama said, no question in her downcast whispery voice. “I’ll be back quick.” There was something definite behind the distraction in Mama’s careless hair, and in her careless face, and in the blue-veined hands...
