excerpt from “Confetti” by Marilyn Abildskov
1 I ask them what they think about. Truly, whatever’s on your mind. Write it down. Anonymously....
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miCRo: “Drug Dealer: A ’90s Whip Reel” by Kristin Robertson
From cars to cocktail napkins to Hennessy bottles, these snapshots create a coming-of-age story rich with heart and heartbreak.
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Why Should This Be Beautiful
In Issue 16.1, our literary nonfiction offerings include Emily Block’s essay “Fog Studies,” which meditatively explores many different aspects and meanings of “fog.”
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miCRo: “사랑니: (n) wisdom teeth” by Su Cho
When the speaker discovers that “wisdom teeth” in English translates to “love teeth” in Korean, the poem unspools into a stunning reflection on false translation and the gap between culture and identity.
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miCRo: “Three Filipinas” by Harrison Geosits
Geosits’s prose spans decades and moves the reader from “bug screens” in the Philippines to “Filet-o-Fish sandwiches” in America.
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miCRo: “Epigenetic Inheritance” by Emily Franklin
“Epigenetic Inheritance” explores the stakes and fallout of inherited trauma, how we retain its traces in our cells and pass it down.
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miCRo: “Music Indoors” by Adam Gianforcaro
Beyond the pleasure and surprise of such a fresh occasion for poetry, “Music Indoors” makes exemplary use of lush, atmospheric imagery and a slow, lingering pace to cultivate a kind of sun-drenched, Debussy-soundtracked pocket world…
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What We’re Reading: To Float in the Space Between by Terrance Hayes
Making a case for what he terms “liquid poetics,” Hayes suggests that great art comes from the ability to stay loose, to change tacks, to shape shift in response to these shifting, mysterious factors. Hayes’ sustained emphasis on personal poetics as both liquid and descendant creates a way for his readers (colleagues, family, fans) to find themselves within the fluctuating matrix he proposes.
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miCRo: “Garden” by Allison Wyss
This juicy work of microfiction feels like the perfect tale to tell in the dark, with a flashlight under your chin.
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miCRo: “Like I Won’t Take Something from You” by Sara Moore Wagner
This sensuous, image-rich poem engages with the pleasures of driving down back roads, as it marvels at the passage of time and the body’s relationship to the landscape that shapes it.
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