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Video: It Turns Blue

Pari covers up domestic violence when her brother beats up his 3 year old daughter.

July 5, 2025 · 1 Comment

Alexis Rhone Fancher: Hermanas

You’re the same, you two, J, my lover, said. Of course you feel an affinity. I stared at the Frida Kahlo self-portrait in his hands. Frida’s soulful sweetness stared back. You … Continue reading

May 22, 2025 · 5 Comments

Mike Vargo: Living in the Republic of Unreality

The practice of living in unreality consists of three sub-practices: Denying real reality. Bingeing on pseudo-reality. And adopting a myth.

April 27, 2025 · 7 Comments

Wendy Mnookin: Celebration

I’ll fill my wedding vase
with deep-veined lilies, harlot asters,
pollen will dust the table
where I mass them every week.

May 11, 2022 · 2 Comments

Ellen McGrath Smith: Hand me your last resurrection 

like a small child hidden in a hollow tree
while the soldiers kill his family

January 15, 2022 · 5 Comments

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