Here’s our December issue to bring in some light! Our featured writers are Carol Harada, Jack Dever, LiAnne Yu, Daniel Raskin, Merijane Block, and Ellen Thompson. Go to Next Post to read on.

The thread is loose, the thread is loose. And there’s no tying it up. Or maybe there is. Melodious Elodie could take her half-fingered glove, the injured one whose woolen gut is cut and streaming, to the hospital.

Dad! Did you ever own a ’94 LeMans? What? Did you own a ’94 LeMans? Yeah. When? After you got out of college. So why do you still have the receipt for an oil change from 1998?

1. Always buy the expensive umbrella because you won’t find another, cheaper one later on. And you’ll get soaked. 2. Always carry toilet paper with you. Especially in China. And Egypt. And even in Paris.

In June when Long Island Sound warms to swimming temperature, my father says at Friday dinner, “I hear the porgies are running.” I wonder what my father is going to say next?

It is so quiet here. And I am so tired now. Perhaps because of the time of day, the natural time of fatigue, maybe because of the brief intoxication from sugar, deliciously crafted into dessert, and the all-too-soon fall from … Continue reading →

Bird with sprig in its beak. That would be my chicken, the one who has escaped and covered every inch of scratched earth with a sprout of thyme or something invasive—lemon balm, scotch broom…at least that’s how I imagine these … Continue reading →