Contributor News: Susann Cokal has a new novel, Mermaid Moon.
Susann Cokal, our editorial director, has published a new young adult novel with Candlewick Press. The concept: In the far northern reaches of civilization, a mermaid leaves the sea to look for her land-dwelling mother among people as desperate for magic and miracles as they are for life and love. The book has garnered early...
“Animation,” a poem by Kari Wergeland. Time blooms in the garden.
“It hovers, this hint of perfection …” – –Enjoy this poem as a broadside by dragging it to your desktop, or scroll down to read it in plain text. This feature is also available, in slightly different format, on Medium. k Animation – This morning a fried egg appeared in the backyard, a startling yellow ball...
Online Exclusive: “Mad Heat Be Praised,” by Kat Meads.
“Mad Heat Be Praised” An excerpt from Miss Jane: The Lost Years. “Has mad heat created Zombie Jane?” Kat Meads, who contributed “Leaving the House” to Broad Street’s “Maps & Legends” issue, bids adieu to summer swelter with an excerpt from her latest book combining women’s studies and fiction, Miss Jane: The Lost Years. A native...
Share This Poem: “Bridges,” by Zara Raab.
“With menacing metal jaws that arch and open above the river’s reedy throat …” We continue to celebrate National Poetry Month with this stunner from Zara Raab — a consideration of all a bridge might mean. We offer you a specially formatted broadside to download and print at home, or you can scroll down to read the...
Online Exclusive: “My Good Name,” by Christine Gelineau: Ego surfing turns up an evil double.
Have you ever Googled your own name just to see what comes up? Of course you have — haven’t we all? It’s called “ego surfing,” but isn’t it also prudent to see what your online self is up to? My name is unusual enough that typically the sites that come up actually do refer to me, or...
