Museum Piece
“Then the thunderclap came and she never wondered about anything ever again.” Story of the Week (November 4), by Brian Koukol.
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The Best Medicine
“Inside is a black verse. Black like the womb of a deep river/ too black for this porcelain room…”
Poem of the Week (November 2), by Juleus Ghunta.
Limbus
“I’m sitting in an incensed fog. In an odd way, it’s slightly comforting. It’s just me here.” Story of the Week (October 28), by George Salis.
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Opera Kabul
“there are ten moons in this room,/ a thousand miles in this corridor/ but not a single whisper inside us…”
Poem of the Week (October 26), by Nathalie Handal.
All My Favored Cousins
“I look at the empty cage, the rows, hear the hissing…the whole damn mess of this place, and I realize I can’t stay here. Not anymore. Not like this.” Story of the Week (October 21), by Sean Sweeney.
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While Watching the Latest Clip Out of Douma, Syria,
“God is great,// he begs aloud—again and again,/ as if repetition could make that be,// make that true…” Poem of the Week (October 19), by Tara Ballard.
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Song of Silence
“The mornings were always a particular struggle. They were slow. Demanding.” Story of the Week (October 14), by Joshua Schouten de Jel.
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Half the Kingdom/Det halve rige
“I neither cut off a toe, nor shaved off a heel/ just minced my way through it all/ with a smile…” Poem of the Week (October 12), by Jesper Wung-Sung, translated from Danish by Lindy Falk van Rooyen.
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The Threat
“She knew where to find the little monster, and with a forced nonchalance that had the unintended benefit of soothing her nerves, she strolled down the dead end.” Story of the Week (October 7), by Bud Jennings.
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Parallel
“It’s raining again./ they don’t tell you about the/ rain/ before you come/ or the cold or the clouds…” Weekend poem, by Samuel Usayd Ilyas.
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