Tyler Michael Jacobs You will begin your great death into manhood. The corn will be picked and the alfalfa baled. The thick scent of pasture will no longer sore your eyes. The rain will turn cold and...
Raena Shirali -for Ariana Reines to touch the unfolding spiral i take my nightly seat at the cusp of fig. i see what i’m supposed to : shapes, innumerable, in which we find intimacy : cow,...
Edward Pretty “I’m building a town,” he says with an assuredness I was drawn to. “I’d like to visit,” I say, and write my number on his receipt. I watch him leave, carrying his ten kilos...
Erika Niemi “Well, the real trick to being happy is to kill yourself.” He spoke out one side of his mouth to keep the cigarette he’d just bummed in place while he brought up his lighter,...
Kelly Murashige The baby has been crying for what feels like three days straight. Mari, for her part, has joined in intermittently. It isn’t just the stress of being a first-time parent. The pain....
Chris Edmonds We went once to see our father in Crawford, that spring he’d been hired to paint the church steeple. We told our mother we were taking a long bike ride around the lake and maybe...
Chey Dugan In the parking lot of Thrive & Blossom, I scratched the stubble on my neck that I had been too lazy to shave away that morning. On my day off, I didn’t have...
Julia Talen Julia Kooi Talen is an essayist and poet based in the midwest where she teaches creative writing and composition. Currently a PhD candidate in creative writing, Talen lives with their...
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