The Refugee, by Zoltán Böszörményi/Review

The Refugee by Zoltán Böszörményi Translated from the Hungarian by Paul Sohar Your Specs/An imprint of SynergEbooks ISBN 978-0-7443-2357-3 Copyright 2019 204 pages Paperback $12.98 on Amazon       “There is only one way in which one can endure man’s...

Galanty Miller’s Re-tweets

    Something about these tweets rings true   by Scott “Galanty” Miller Columnist I’ve tried a million different lotions and creams and yet I STILL can’t get rid of these ugly arm-things sticking out of my shoulders./My wife is pregnant with...

Raven, by John Smelcer/Poetry book review

Raven, by John Smelcer Paperback: 120 pages Publisher: Leapfrog Press Published: July 1, 2019 Language: English ISBN-10: 1948585030 ISBN-13: 978-1948585033 Price: $11.00/Amazon   by Mike Foldes Editor The poetry in Raven is not just an elder’s tale retold, not...
Duane Michals: A Conversation

Duane Michals: A Conversation

  Pages from Michals’ book, Portraits *** Duane Michals: A Conversation   With Mike Foldes & Stephen Schweitzer It was a quiet morning in New York on Memorial Day 2019 when Stephen Schweitzer and I arrived at the apartment of Duane Michals for our...
Cult TV Classics

Cult TV Classics

Scene from “Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion” ***     TV Cult Selected by Fred Roberts Music Editor   Category: Poland / Czterej pancerni i pie Song Title: Ballada o pancernych Artist: Edmund Fetting Year: 1966 Link:...
Entwined/Creative Nonfiction

Entwined/Creative Nonfiction

Photo by Barry McGee on Unsplash *** Entwined   by Lisa Werhan Sunglasses hid his eyes, and he pointed a stubby finger at the shaded crops draped in raggedy, sun-bleached nets. “What’s growing under there?” His voice was thin and flat. “Tobacco,” I replied. Duh....
Nick de Angelis/Artist

Nick de Angelis/Artist

  Nick de Angelis: A Life in Art   by Edie Angelo Nick de Angelis, an American master painter and sculptor (b. 1921, d. 2004), used his talent to tell thousands of different stories of his many visions, often alcohol induced.  His early career was as a child...

Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret/On Location, France

Trois de France   Par Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret   RADOSLAW PUJAN Radoslaw Pujan : le regard et son double. Entretien avec le photographe   Radoslaw Pujan  à la fois détruit le voyeurisme et l’orchestre avec ironie. Il s’agit de retenir le «temps à...
A Grand Adventure/Fiction

A Grand Adventure/Fiction

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — Georges Seurat. Art Institute of Chicago *** A Grand Adventure   by Gina Willner-Pardo Her elderly mother’s death left Laila Rayburn untethered, a condition she had never experienced. She had only herself to consider: She had no...
A Room in the World/Fiction

A Room in the World/Fiction

Photo: John Towner/Unsplash *** A Room in the World   by Brian Kasymaliev-Kelly (ft Humphrey Bogart as Raskolnikov)                                                   The living room separated from the kitchen with a formless tabletop with long knife cuts across...
Fabia Wong/In Search Of…

Fabia Wong/In Search Of…

Photo by Mathieu-Perrier/Unsplash ** Notre-Dame de Paris and a reflection on Progress   by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Columnist The bishop of Paris commissioned the construction of Notre-Dame de Paris in the 12th century. It was to replace the cathedral of...
Steve Poleskie/Then & Now

Steve Poleskie/Then & Now

US Air Force photo Boeing B-17, aka, The Flying Fortress on a bombing run during World War II *** Bombing In America   by Stephen Poleskie Columnist Will there be a war with Iran, or won’t there? Do they have nuclear devices? If so, do they have missiles capable...

The Reunion/Marlene Olin

*** The Reunion   By Marlene Olin Contributor After his wife died, it took Calvin six months to learn how to pay the bills, use the microwave, and launder his underwear. It took another six months to empty the closets and give away her clothes.  Though time...
The Illustrated “On the Road”/Christopher Panzner

The Illustrated “On the Road”/Christopher Panzner

    “The Illustrated On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac Illustrations by Christopher Panzner   Project Details: The idea was to create a watercolor/ink carnet de voyage (travel sketchbook or “Moleskine”) to make it appear to have been done on the road while...
The Age of Jackals/Henry A. Giroux

The Age of Jackals/Henry A. Giroux

*** Let’s Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine   Summary: In an age of fascist politics, we must fight the emergence of apocalyptic nationalism and racist authoritarianism. “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in...