His old arms fight to hold three six-packs of cheap beer, waiting to pay behind me. He’s pinned them to his gut, bent his knees, and absorbs the ice-cold blows in silence. With one ear I hear as I walk toward the door, “I was the number 5 heavy-weight boxer in the world!” and … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 2015
It’s All Tangled up Over There—Martin H. Levinson
If you cross Queens Boulevard a hundred thousand times in a single day you might get hit by a delivery truck containing a veggie pizza and diet coke headed to the Super Cut Salon on Austin Street where Harold the hairdresser theorizes about whether anything can be done in Syria and Iraq where … Continue reading
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month—affectionately called NaNoWriMo by its users—is an international writing event. It was started in San Francisco the summer of 1999 and has grown exponentially since then to become a nonprofit organization promoting literacy and encouraging children and teens to write through the Young Writer’s Program. Anyone can make an account and it’s free to … Continue reading
Narratives in Video Games
If I were to ask someone about the literary merit of some video game’s narrative, I’d typically get either the blank stare of some worn academic or the confusion of a person who’s still seeing nothing but Pong or “Your princess is in another castle,” or a rolling bout of laughter. Narrative? In a video … Continue reading
Flash Fiction Friday: Basement Magic
“Basement Magic” “Do you really think that this will work?” “Of course it will work, stop worrying about it.” “Resurrecting the dead isn’t an easy task. Even necromancers only reanimate.” “Well, why do you think I brought the two of you here to help me?” “Even if we did—!” “I said it’ll work, okay? Just … Continue reading
A Review of Previously Blue
Previously Blue is a story about catastrophes and how they can inspire others to hope and help people in need. Previously Blue was produced by Dijana Milosevic and Nesa Paripovic. It was performed by Dah Theatre’s Maja Vujovic, 7 Stages’ Del Hamilton and Faye Allen, and Café Antarsia Ensemble’s Nikos Brisco. The performance took place in Dows Theatre … Continue reading
Etymology of the Word “Blog”
Blog is one of those words that hardly seems to need a definition since we encounter it as a concept every day. It’s a blog, an online journal of sorts for food or travel or literary analysis or cats. Anything really. But where did this word come from? It’s quite simple actually and the word seems … Continue reading
Magic Reality: A Discovery of Witches
Introducing… What We Read Wednesday! I was recommended a few novels to read over the summer by my writing professor, Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife (enjoyable, but I had the plot twists somewhat ruined since I’d seen the movie in my high school years) and Deborah Harkness’s, A Discovery of Witches. A Discovery of Witches caught … Continue reading
Call for Cover Art
It’s that time of year again, when we put the poetry briefly to the side to make sure we have an image that represents the issue as a whole. That means we’re looking for potential cover art for our Fall 2015 poetry edition! The magazine is published online and in print format, and it’s a great way to … Continue reading
The Reading Challenge
As an English student, I find my summers to be incredibly exciting. I not only have time to read for myself, but I also get to choose what I want to read. I have a Goodreads.com account, with a want to read list of over 1200 books, so I have no shortage of material, however, I have a … Continue reading
Coe Review 