Holly Day/3 poems

     Escalation if I lay still enough long enough on the hard-packed snow, on the frozen mud and ice will my body warm up the ground enough to trick the tiny seeds into thinking that it’s spring? if we lie here together on the same patch of earth will our combined...

Problem of Empire/Jim Palombo

A Problem of Empire by Jim Palombo Politics Editor No doubt the U.S. is facing a myriad of national and international problems. Included in the mix are issues tied to equality, racism, crime, immigration, personal and public health, infrastructure rebuilding,...

Donald Trump’s Addiction to Violence/Henry Giroux

Donald Trump’s Addiction to Violence The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.   BY HENRY GIROUX Donald Trump is addicted to violence. It is the principal force that shapes his...

Greg Stewart – On Location/New York

  Marco Maggi, Tod Lippy, Esopus and a Basement Booked   As I entered the Jefferson Public Market Branch of the New York Public Library on 10th Street and 6th Avenue on the night of the reception for “Drawing Set”, I heard a bustling vibration of voices...

BOOKS and More Books/September 2017

    Floating Tales by Jeff Friedman ISBN 978-1-941196-46-5 $21.95, paper. Plume Editions, MadHat Press Asheville NC Plume Editions   Floating Tales by Jeff Friedman With an introduction by Daniel Lawless   Reviewed by William Doreski Although the...