Two poems by Matthew Putman
Synaptic Melody Microscopic divisions bringing unity In morning of strange serenity. Bitterness sweet, same of the cold As a warmness flows. A reassuring spa through veins, our soul? Unsure. Cerebral … Continue reading
I [Can[t] Count the B’s. poem by Mark Rudman
I [Can[t] Count the B’s Bond waits for Dent to empty his gun into the dummy, pumping superfluous bullets just to make sure. Scientists can’t be bothered to count bullets, … Continue reading
Two stories by Corrado Premuda, translated from the Italian by Natasha Senjanović, with illustrations by Andrea Guerzoni
Beauty after the Beast Once upon a time there was a distinguished salon of noblewomen who to pass the time in a pleasing and creative manner invented stories and tales … Continue reading
Three poems by Mario Luzi, translated by Nicholas Benson
First Night of Spring Something dies, something is born the moment a rumble of thunder splits open the upper reaches of night, sudden announcement of spring, rupturing sleep… Generations on … Continue reading
Time Suite. poem by Robert Margolis
Time Suite 1. Cadenza I have seen the incipient membrane of cities The weltered contagion The wending of shadows The black night of stars Shimmying indelicately Memory lisping its sorry … Continue reading
Matthew 5:13-19. poem by John Alter
Matthew 5:13-19 Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth… * yesterday in the early hours my mother died her saltiness restored all that had through the months of … Continue reading
Four poems by Luca Visentini, translated from the Italian by Natasha Senjanović
The Queen From the wreckage of the last war an ancient queen appeared before me wrapped in her fragrant shawl an infant magician in hand The queen slid through the … Continue reading
Five poems by Robert Margolis
Myopia When the two boys dragged danny posner naked out of the cabin onto and past a gravel walkway toward a grassy area so that the three girls walking along … Continue reading
A conversation with artist Jason Wallengren
Nick Benson – I’ve been going through the work on your website. I am somewhat arbitrarily beginning with ‘Souvenir Drawings’ (2007), but maybe not so arbitrarily, as it may be the … Continue reading
Five poems by Mebane Robertson
The Day Mostly It turns its back on you in your haste For the thoughtlessness of giving themes Gathered from impersonal histories of suffering. Let’s try to make it cut … Continue reading
Letter from Rome, by Anna Maria Cossiga
With all that’s been happening in Gaza, being Jewish might seem especially difficult right now. People tend to identify Israel and Israeli politics with Jews as a whole. Which can be dangerous. … Continue reading
Hong Kong. travelogue by Jason Wallengren
[click on image to view in full-res] Jason Wallengren is a self-exiled American artist who questions the geographical identity of his art by working in atypical global societal setups. He shifts … Continue reading
