Michelle Brittan Rosado Childhood Bedroom Window, 1980s in Daly City I look each night for the symmetrical arrangement of red lights in the distance that someone had told me was the Sutro Towerin San Francisco, the first of several cities I would pine for from the outside. Some nights, the pinpoints disappear behind a layer of fog from the bay, andContinue reading “Michelle Brittan Rosado – Childhood Bedroom Window, 1980s“
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Lena Mubsutina – The Thieving Pot: Excerpt 12
Lena Mubsutina Author’s Note: The next 12 days I will be sharing excerpts from the first part of my novel-in-progress, tentatively titled “The Thieving Pot.” It is loosely based on the Palestinian folktale, “Tunjur, Tunjur,” a story about a pot that comes to life and wreaks havoc on her neighbors with her deception and theft.Continue reading “Lena Mubsutina – The Thieving Pot: Excerpt 12”
Steven Sanchez – Left Anterior Fascicular Block
Steven Sanchez Left Anterior Fascicular Block Scar tissue paves my heart in rumble strips like the 99. Southbound from San Francisco,k-rails cinch three lanes into two into one,a miles-long corset meant to protectconstruction workers while they erect pylonsfor a high speed rail on the verge of abandonment. Scuff marks streak against the concrete walls and I find myself staring, wonderinghow a car survives, imagining how my door’s mirror would shatterand I’d wakeContinue reading “Steven Sanchez – Left Anterior Fascicular Block”
Michelle Brittan Rosado – Window Scenes for Out-of-Town Visitors
Michelle Brittan Rosado Author’s note: The poems in this series all use the image of a window as their starting point, some in the title itself and others more peripherally. I’ve been thinking of this symbol a lot lately — as a portal for wonder in childhood, an aperture to others’ lives during the pandemic,Continue reading “Michelle Brittan Rosado – Window Scenes for Out-of-Town Visitors“
Lena Mubsutina – The Thieving Pot: Excerpt 11
Lena Mubsutina Author’s Note: The next 12 days I will be sharing excerpts from the first part of my novel-in-progress, tentatively titled “The Thieving Pot.” It is loosely based on the Palestinian folktale, “Tunjur, Tunjur,” a story about a pot that comes to life and wreaks havoc on her neighbors with her deception and theft.Continue reading “Lena Mubsutina – The Thieving Pot: Excerpt 11”