COLUMNS
Behind Domestic Lines
Jami Ingledue on the shifting phases of parenthood and the beauty and pain of letting go
RISE
Aishwarya Vardhana on her different incarnations growing up in America as a child of Indian parents and her understanding of ‘we’
Not Another TV Dad
CL Bledsoe on memories of his father growing up and healing through the next generation
From the Inside
Our new FROM THE INSIDE columnist Marina Bueno on confinement in prison and the ripple effect of an act of brutality or kindness
Let’s Do Luddism
Cory Massaro on the sanctity of data and when our identities are decided and are profited on by algorithms
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on how the brave women who break patriachal boundaries are opening the road for us all
Soapbox
Mike Hembury on facing the reality of climate change and creating hope through our actions
Center Stage – Mary Brancaccio
Center Stage celebrates the work of poet Mary Brancaccio and her new collection Fierce Geometry
The Traveler
Tim Clark on roadside resilience, technology paralysis and two chimichangas on a windy day
6 YEARS OF THE WILD WORD
FICTION
Mikki Aronoff
Mikki Aronoff’s flash fiction story ‘When We Get Old, We Will Be Patient’
Phebe Jewell
Phebe Jewell’s flash fiction story ‘All She Wants to Do is Dance’
Robert Kibble
Robert Kibble’s flash fiction story ‘Sunset on the North 500’
Sandra Arnold
Sandra Arnold’s flash fiction story ‘What Pixie said to the house and what the house said back’
POETRY
Alison Stone
Alison Stone’s poems ‘Kindred’, ‘Reminiscing with my Teen Best Friend’, and ‘Cargo’
Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Bobbi Sinha-Morey’s poem ‘Tears of Surrender’
Claudia Mills
Claudia Mills’s poems ‘Old Boyfriends’ and ‘Walking with Tanky-the-Dog’
J.M. Summers
J.M. Summers’s poems ‘Bleeding Sinuses’, ‘It has been five years’, and ‘We Are Waiting, Always’
John Kucera
John Kucera’s poem ‘Glaciers’
LKN
LKN’s poem ‘The Planting Season’
M.J. Arcangelini
M.J. Arcangelini’s poem ‘A Restless Night’
Sharon Berg
Sharon Berg’s poem ‘Fossils’
Rosemarie Barr
Rosemarie Barr’s ‘At the Lake’s Edge’, ‘Black Hole’, and ‘Cellophane-wrapped Flowers’
Will Reger
Will Reger’s poem ‘Last Dance’
POETRY REVIEWS
Review of ‘Contrapasso’
Review of Alexandra Fössinger’s poetry collection ‘Contrapasso’
‘Grief Bacon’ review
Review of the poetry collection ‘Grief Bacon’ by CL Bledsoe
WHAT WE LOVE
Nina Hynes song ‘Looking For You’ from her new album ZAP! Buy here.
‘Growler Rising’ by Dee Mulrooney
Our editor Kusi Okamura on the Secret Library podcast on the need for writers over 40
Music online with Mick Hembury and Jenka Bühler
Yin Yoga in your sitting room with Erinbell Fanore
Rufus Coates & Jess Smith’s ‘Modern Day Cathedral’
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