COLUMNS
Roar
Lorna O’Hara on internet arguments, being a feminist online, and how to pick one’s social media battles
Not Another TV Dad
CL Bledsoe on his love of outsider art and the obsessive need to create
Head Above Water
Tim Clark on a story about a man, his grill, and the nature of true barbecue obsession
Letters from Berlin
Annie Mark-Westfall on the water of our lives, freedom, and the true nature of equality
Soapbox
Mike Hembury on deadzones, drought, and the need for action now
Spotlight
Maria Behan on Trump as Putin’s pawn and how America can save itself
A King in Ireland’s Sons
Pádhraic Ó Dochartaigh on his experience growing up in Irish-speaking family in Ireland
Behind Domestic Lines
Jami Ingledue on why the moms of America are rising up and will win the war on gun violence
Brazen
Melanie Schoo on an obsession with weight and moving past the tyranny of the scales
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on female autonomy, true freedom, and why men obsess over women’s free time
FICTION
ORIGINS
L. Shapley Bassen
L. Shapley Bassen’s short story ‘Pilgrim Walker’
Origins
In our ORIGINS new column George Franklin discusses the inspiration behind his poem ‘Respect’ with artwork by Larisa Lauber
POETRY
Kaitlin Williams
Kaitlin A. William’s poem ‘Carve’
Paula Persoleo
Paula Perseleo’s poem ‘Tiny Portions’
M.J. Iuppa
M.J. Iupa’s poems ‘Summer Sequel’, ‘Nevertheless’ and ‘That Shade of Purple’
Morag McDowell-Smith
Morag McDowell-Smith’s poems ‘The Vanishing’ and ‘Sockmaggedon’
V.P. Crowe
V.P. Crowe’s poems ‘Among Friends’ and ‘Balance’
Vivian Wagner
Vivian Wagner’s poems ‘Ra’ and ‘Woodsdark’
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