excerpt from “We Fry Reggae” by Karen Maner
On a Friday in June 2022 the nurse practitioner warned my husband, Brad, and me that it might be...
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Author: Cincinnati Review
miCRo: “I’m Stronger Than the Romans” by Parker Wilson
In this piece by Parker Wilson, we meet an online fitness addict with an unforgettable voice.
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A Literary Pesto Recipe to Kick Off Your Spring
Ravi Mangla shares an unusual recipe for pesto.
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from “Adam’s Rib: Trans without Medicine” by Jay Sibara
As a child, I puzzled over the biblical story of Eve’s creation from one of Adam’s ribs: “And the...
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miCRo: “Devotee” by Shlagha Borah
A prose poem with the juxtaposition of holy sites and vile acts
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“His Body,” by Christine Hale
in the ER, on the gurney, white-sheeted, not yet cold. I fall on him. The husk of him. Still...
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“Writing When the World’s a Mess” by Weijia Pan
(To use the PDF embedder to see all pages of the poem, use the arrows on the bottom left-hand...
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“Irritable Reaching Syndrome” by James Davis May
There was so much quicksandin the movies when I was a kid,so that’s what I think of as I watchan...
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“It’s passé to put cigarettes in a poem, but all I ever do is smoke” by Isaac Pickell
The 14A District Court stands near the cornerof Washtenaw and Carpenter, presiding overthe busiest...
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On Being Envious of Able-Bodied Writers from the Global North
Mugabi Byenkya writes about envying writers who can submit to publications and opportunities he cannot.
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