On the last day of school, it occurred to the old teacher as she walked home that she no longer wanted to give or receive any information she could not use. The poor couple at 4 a.m., who, the night
FROM Burn Fortune (A Novel
THE MERE ICONOGRAPHY DOES NOT MATTER In the new high school auditorium, they’ve hung movie posters from like the seventies that no one cares about. Horrible-sounding movies lined up in a parade above the lobby windows all featuring the same
Featured Visual Artist Issue #17
“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.” — Isadora Duncan Trina Maeby Mabborang is a Chicago-based artist, illustrator, curator, and founder of Trina Maeby Crafts. With her BFA from the University of Illinois in Chicago and years
Knot
one of the first things you said to me as unexplained as the last I said yuck. Something about a variety of frames. Something about the way you were standing on that stool while I knelt below. The mouldings
Witch Lullaby
What if my sideways smile slipped down a little, did not behave? Darling Sister, love me, do you not, unbraiding your hair into waves? Our house rocks like a ship at sea, our house hums in the night. Planets coast
How to Eat an Orange (No Hands)
after peel, let your tongue catch any drips–– there’s more to oranges than membrane. There’s seeds. & sometimes jewel-sheened flesh can shiver. (Use your teeth delicately.) Precision is key with mouths and fumbling parts into them. Don’t forget about lips