Rustin Larson/Poetry

Me, Being Rude A woman knocks, asks what I think the purpose of life is. Possible answers: 1) No. No, thank you. 2) The purpose of life is to not be asked such questions. 3) There is no purpose. Life just is. If the rose-petal goddess likes me, that’s a good thing....
Legacy: Lucien Clergue

Legacy: Lucien Clergue

  LUCIEN CLERGUE | The Giants | 1978  | 16″ x 11.25″ | gelatin silver print   *** LEGACY – Photographs of Lucien Clergue   Pablo Picasso once said: “Clergue’s photographs are from God’s own sketchbooks”   Throckmorton Fine Art is...

Brittany Markert Revisited

  May 14th 2019 vs March 18th 2015 1. May 14th, 2019 “ It is no longer about myself or my camera, today I choose to show up.’  2. March 18th, 2015 “ I looked in the mirror and realized everything I needed was right in front of me, myself and my camera. Anything is...
Primer to the Primaries/Redux

Primer to the Primaries/Redux

Ronda Darby photo/Unsplash *** Primer for the Primaries Redux   by James Palombo Politics Editor With only several changes, this is a reprint of an article done six years ago, at the outset of Obama’s second run. The reason for the repeat is that the ideological...

The Music of the Aztecs/Book Review

The Music of the Aztecs Poets of the DC Magic Theater Poetry Club: Reid Baron, Alan Britt, David Churchill,  Annie Finch, Ethen Goffman, John MacDonald, Jan Claire Starkey, and Marianne Szlyk Edited by David B. Churchill 2019, 115 pages Pony One Dog Press by Bill...

Bruce McRae/Poetry

In The Beginning Was Their End The prophecy suggests the same old sun in the same old story. That the sky will brighten come morning. The prophecy tells us, without a doubt, an infant shall be led by death. It’s written in your book of the stars. It’s written in...

Lisa Dougherty/Poetry

A Raggity-Anne Her hair was short.  A kind of long Bob.  She was day-cared for the night time working Mom.  So she found my lap familiar.  First it was story time.   Sat her there.  Moved her arms as if they were an extension of we can be ridiculous sometimes.  She’d...

We Became Summer/Book Review

We Became Summer by Amy Barone NYQ Books https://books.nyq.org/catalog.php  2018 (ISBN: 978-1-63045-053-3) (5” x 7”, paperback, 92 pages, $15.95)   Review by Tsaurah Litzky Memorable Encounters Start With A Tongue1 In Amy Barone’s debut collection, We Became...

Eric Fulgione/Poetry

Rye Sunburnt meadows stretch their golden tendrils and wrap me in their mystery. Cattails whisper soft secrets, beckoning me into their infectious oblivion. I keep walking. Sepia filters discard harsh hues and grey thoughts. Monochrome memories trapped in a tinted...

Andrew Higgins/Poetry

The Joy of Shopping We’ve all made that mistake, waiting by the bar for happiness to stumble in and open his wallet. But it never happens. So we learn to buy it, nursing those seconds when options hang like garments arranged on a black wire rack.   On...

The Dead Kid Poems/Review

The Dead Kid Poems Alexis Rhone Fancher The Dead Kid Poems (April 2019) Press: KYSO Flas http://www.kysoflash.com/Books.aspx#DeadKid (available on Amazon) ISBN: 978-09980375-2-3 6” x 9”, paperback, 51 pages ($15.00)   Reviewed by Alexandra Umlas In Robert Frost’s...

Kelly Wise/Poetry

Monopoly In front of our Victorian mansion, Alongside other houses of its’ kind Between the pearly white curb and the jagged sidewalk, Rolls a stripe of green. In the middle is a dusty stone brick, The remains of something much taller. That’s where the horses were...
Gwyneth Leech: Construction Sites/Works on Paper

Gwyneth Leech: Construction Sites/Works on Paper

Gwyneth Leech: Construction Sites Paintings and Works on Paper May 2 – June 8, 2019 Monday – Saturday, 12pm – 6pm Special hours during Frieze Week: Friday May 3, 12pm – 8pm Saturday May 4, 12pm – 8pm Sunday May 5, 12pm – 6pm The...

The Spirit of Fela Kuti

  The Spirit of Fela Kuti Selected by Fred Roberts Music Editor   Category: Funkiest Funk Song Title: Si, Se Puede Artist: Antibalas Year: 2000 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plh_ixwAIxQ   Category: Survival Funk Song Title: Battle of the Species Artist:...

Icarus Rising/Book Review

Icarus Rising By Don Beukes Alien Buddha Press https://alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/blog/ ISBN-13:978-1979636162 106 pages/paperback ($9.99)   Reviewed by Heath Brougher Don Beukes’ second book Icarus Rising – Volume 1 published by Alien Buddha Press, is...