The Suburbs
“This was the summer of the robberies, the summer when the Earlham boy blew off his hand with a firework…” Story of the Week (April 11), by Rowan Beaird.
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Stepping
“The morning was new/ and these were morning thoughts./ The villages reduced to the howling of dogs/ belonged to the night.” Poem of the Week (April 8), by Moniza Alvi.
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World Pageant, Miss Germany 2013 – ‘Beauty with a Purpose’
“It diminishes you,/ Amina, so// To sell your splendour/ In the name of charity…” Weekend poem, by Samuel Reilly.
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The American Prisoner
“He was one of the first American prisoners of war I saw… His legs were messed up badly from one of our hand-made mines. A piece of metal was still lodged in his head.” Story of the Week (April 4), by Khanh Ha.
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the trials and tribulations of a well-endowed woman
“my breasts offend my father,/ more so than my opinions…” Poem of the Week (April 1st), by Hira A.
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Acrosticalyptic
” Meanwhile, as he’s saying this, I can’t help but notice the goatee/ Eerily sprouting around his mouth. His teeth are as white as the/ Angels that betrayed him…” Weekend poem, by Jordan Blum.
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‘If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee’
“Zeke threw the door open and stormed into the room brandishing a sawed-off shotgun… ‘You’re the one I’ve come for,’ he snarled. ‘The abortion doctor.’ ” Story of the Week (March 28th), by Mike Sheedy.
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Quiet Paths, Quiet Stones
“Green buffers green, all of yesterday/ converges/ into thickly arching swatches./ Just out of sight a late despair…” Weekend poem, by Frank C. Praeger.
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A 1977 Affair
“As I walk to the house, she glances up at me like a rat being caught in adultery.” Story of the Week (March 21), by Jordan Blum.
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The Allure of Accidents
“The one I liked best/ was the house with the tree/ that had been peeled/ like a banana/ by that tornado…” Poem of the Week (March 18) by Iris Mahan.
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