Issue 30: 22 June 2017

/Issue 30: 22 June 2017

What She’s Waiting For

By | 2017-06-18T09:07:42-07:00 June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Issue 30: 22 June 2017|Tags: , , |

  By Christopher Woods   Christopher Woods is a writer, teacher and photographer who lives in Texas. He has published a novel, The Dream Patch; a prose collection, Under a Riverbed Sky; and a book of stage monologues for actors, Heart Speak. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, New England Review, New Orleans Review, Columbia and Glimmer [...]

Violent Citizenship

By | 2017-06-20T15:42:41-07:00 June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Issue 30: 22 June 2017|Tags: , |

By Sakeena Amwaaj Existence stamped onto flattened prison. Fluid bloodlines dried into lines invisible on land. Lines prick us without our knowing, weaving fortunes weaving curses upon generations.   Sakeena Amwaaj is a pen name, used because of the political climate in both the United State and the poet’s home country. Photo credit: perceptions (on & [...]

In the Trump Era, Factory Workers Send Secret Messages

By | 2017-06-20T16:44:30-07:00 June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Issue 30: 22 June 2017|Tags: , |

By Amy L. Freeman   resist Last Thursday, I found that single word scrawled in black Sharpie on the cardboard inside a package of photos I’d ordered. Odd, I thought, turning over the first of my photos. The pictures were of me with my children, holding signs at the recent Women’s March, smiling and determined amidst [...]

You’re Nightly Run Down

By | 2017-06-20T15:17:45-07:00 June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Issue 30: 22 June 2017|Tags: , |

By C. S. Guppy Source: The New York Times evening briefings from February 13 - 15, 2017 Justin Trudeau of Canada went smoothly. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from weekend golf outing discussed response to North Korea’s missile test in full view of diners North Korea claims its launch shows [...]