Little Bird
by Eileen Herbert-Goodall In your street, I pull over. Let out a breath. Note how my hands tremble. There are police vehicles everywhere. An ambulance. Siren silent. Lights off. Fuck. … Continue Reading Little Bird
Just Like Everybody Else
“The quote pushed me to accept that I have something to share that no one else can, while reminding me that my unique position and perspective should do less to separate me and more to bond me to the collective whole of human experience.”
The River Presents
Got an original quote that you’d like to share? How ’bout having it published and having a chance to win a signed copy of an excellent new novel? This coming … Continue Reading The River Presents
Bear
by Peter Jickling Peter Jickling is a poet and playwright from Whitehorse, Yukon. His play, Syphilis: A Love Story, toured Western Canada, winning Best Comedy at the 2013 Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival. His first … Continue Reading Bear
Emo and Pop Punk
by Rowan Bagley I was avoiding posting about this particular punk movement because it’s so often dismissed as not being “true punk”, but My Chemical Romance announced their reunion shows … Continue Reading Emo and Pop Punk
Trough
by Peter Jickling Peter Jickling is a poet and playwright from Whitehorse, Yukon. His play, Syphilis: A Love Story, toured Western Canada, winning Best Comedy at the 2013 Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival. His first … Continue Reading Trough
Remember The Rock
“As I neared the work site, my father was standing with his weight leaning on a long metal bar, bucket hat and tinted sunglasses, leather work gloves, and a watchful look to examine how much of this he was going to have to explain and how much he was going to be able to leave unsaid because I am his son.”
Fitness
by Nick Soluri Nick Soluri is a writer from New York. His poetry has appeared in Five:2:One Magazine, Boston Accent, Occulum, Albany Poets, As It Ought To Be Magazine, and … Continue Reading Fitness
How The Living Change
by Nick Soluri Nick Soluri is a writer from New York. His poetry has appeared in Five:2:One Magazine, Boston Accent, Occulum, Albany Poets, As It Ought To Be Magazine, and … Continue Reading How The Living Change
It’s Remarkable They Don’t
“Trethowan’s quote struck me. It’s one of those things that we might not often stop to ponder. Like, if you think about how heavy a rain cloud is, it’s amazing that it seems to float in the sky. Man has been to the moon, but we don’t know why hiccups occur.”
How To Have Sex When You’re Both Depressed
by Nick Soluri Nick Soluri is a writer from New York. His poetry has appeared in Five:2:One Magazine, Boston Accent, Occulum, Albany Poets, As It Ought To Be Magazine, and … Continue Reading How To Have Sex When You’re Both Depressed
Punk and Racedness
by Rowan Bagley I have never experienced the pressure of being expected to represent the views and feelings of my entire race. My gender, yes, but not my race. I … Continue Reading Punk and Racedness
Electronica
by Ted McCarthy The chord shifts from smooth to sinister,a wave of violet hoversabove the keyboard, the heat of imaginedyears shocked by an electronicchill: what have they doneto those sounds … Continue Reading Electronica
Gender Has No Color
“the two people in the booth behind me, were a grandfather and a granddaughter. They were strangers to me and still are. I never saw them. I didn’t dwell on their conversation, but I did hear enough to piece together a story.”
Punk and Gender Expression
by Rowan Bagley In 1975, Patti Smith released her album Horses, which featured cover art by a relatively unknown photographer named Robert Mapplethorpe. The black and white photograph features Smith … Continue Reading Punk and Gender Expression
Sky
by Ted McCarthy Too many evenings taking in the distanceand getting nowhere.The sky’s a beautiful and wondrous thingbut nothing grows there. Ted McCarthy is a poet and translator living in … Continue Reading Sky