All this is to say that pilgrimage is not for religious journeys alone, but for any act of traveling that takes us to…
Tag: history
New Poetry by Lawrence Bridges: “Time of War and Exile” and “Taking an Island”
New poems by Lawrence Bridge: “Time of War and Exile” and “Taking an Island”
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New Poetry by Matthew Hummer: “Amortization”
New poem by Matthew Hummer: “Amortization”
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New Fiction by Gordon Laws: “Make Their Ears Heavy, Shut Their Eyes”
I know a deaf man who was once shopping in a general store. A stranger in town was also in the store, and he observed…
New Nonfiction: “A Bridge” by Kent Jacobson
Take me to the alley Take me to the afflicted ones Take me to the lonely ones that Somehow lost their way …
New Poetry from Jeffrey Kingman: “Matriarch,” “Josephine Marcus Earp,” and “Marching: Sophia Duleep Singh”
MATRIARCH ninth great-grandchild spits up peas seventh and fourth declare themselves winners I bundle the children in…
New Poetry from Marc Tretin: “Justin Alter, Slightly Drunk, Addresses Maya, Who Is In Egypt” and “Maya Ricci Alter After Excavating A Pyramid South Of Zairo”
JUSTIN ALTER, SLIGHTLY DRUNK, ADDRESSES MAYA, WHO IS IN EGYPT Now as I am hungover and queasy stumping about the tilt…
New Poetry by Kevin Honold: “A Brief History of the Spanish Conquest”
A Brief History of the Spanish Conquest Tell me again of that fabulous kingdom where a single ear of co…
New Poetry by Sam Cherubin: “Don’t About Not,” “Mermaid Tavern,” and “Emerald Inula”
Don’t About Not If I can’t or think do it like I’m …
New Nonfiction from Philip Alcabes: “Peppina”
1. A Child A neglected box in the back of my closet contains a contain a collection of items from my father’s apartme…
New Poetry from Alise Versella: “Parallels,” “Red-Breasted Sparrows,” “I Wonder If History’s Men Knew They Would Be Great,” “A Fierce Sense of Resolve”
PARALLELS The birds with convictionTap out their lyrics in the snowAnd their chatter descends upon the mountainsLook …
A Brief History of an Apology
Here are questions. How is it possible to engage in a process of healing for the evils of history? Who has the …
New Poetry from George Kramer: “Three Snapshots of Superman’s Mother,” “Google Earth”
Three Snapshots of Superman’s Mother Budapest, Hungary. December 1944. This stagnant end squats over its …
Not For Sale: Private Farmland in Post-Soviet Ukraine
For those Americans who think about Ukraine at all, it is no secret that the country has faced two wars since 2014. T…
New Poetry by Yael Hacohen
Fortitude Seven times I’ve been to the Wall to scribble my prayers and fold them into the seams in the yellow s…
Do Nazis Dream of WWII Dystopian Future Pasts?
The tired, simplistic, bargain-basement Cold War narrative of WWII sucks and it’s time we got over it. Accordi…
Acronyms and 21st Century Conflict
Some useful acronyms by which to understand 21st century conflict: COIN: Counter Insurgency. Employed by ISAF in Afgh…