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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I was envious of Anna Akhmatova. So I translated her poems, sort of.
Noah Berlatsky on envying other poets and also their translators, with an eye on the Jewish diaspora.
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Sympathy for the Devil: Garnering Sympathy for Your Envious Villains
A craft essay by J. D. Harlock on well-designed, complex villains in fiction.
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Sitting Tight While Others Celebrate: Navigating Envy While on Submission
Colleen Rothman describes feeling envy of other novelists with her short-story collection out on submission to editors.
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The Music is Envy: On James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime
Adam Sobsey looks at different layers of envy in James Salter’s novel A Sport and a Pastime.
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