Helpful Advice From the Other Middle Ages The solstice is upon you! You have not yet been sucked away into the darkness that fell with the installation of the loathsome troll and his minions. Who could have predicted this reprieve? Only a month since, you were poised to see your republic voted into oblivion–and look at you!–back from the brink...
With the contemporary Dutch poet Saskia Stehouwer of Amsterdam, Joel Thomas Katz and Robert Perry are translating her book of poems Vrije uitloop (Uitgeverij Marmer 2016) into English. Vrije uitloop in English is “free range”. As Saskia shows in her book, it can mean just a bigger cage. Their translation will be accompanied by...
Cora Fiore was nursing a pain in her side. She estimated it was an eight on her personal pain scale. In therapy, she had learned meditation techniques to control her health anxiety, but that was for less acute symptoms, such as heart palpitations, rashes, and stomach upsets. Surely this pain needed attention, and although she was not supposed to...
Shivasana is the story of a yoga school, where the teachings include a murderous quest for enlightenment. Excerpts: The dining hall was full of books, beat up antiques, and instruments hippies used to play. Yellowed chandeliers hung low over the tables. On the buffet were platters of fruit, pots of hot cereal, and tureens of eggs. Judy took her...
Once upon a time, Bo and his baby brother Arthur lived with their parents in a cabin high on the snowy snowy mountain. One winter day, Bo and Arthur were playing in their snowsuits on the porch. When they got hungry, Bo went inside to get them some food. Arthur was alone on the porch for the first time. He felt the sun shining on him through the...
a group of children were fleeing a kindly man. though he was kind and was not dangerous, the children knew he would turn them over to people who would harm them. and so they ran. they were in a different dimension, a fever dream of bright colors and impossible architecture and church roofs that arched high above candy floss clouds and ikea chairs...
