With this selection of three poems by Lisa Braxton, we continue our new series of original fiction or poetry by writers who either published their first book at 40 or after, or who have yet to publish a book. Writers interested in submitting work should see our guidelines. The Basement Family Room You skipped down the … Continue reading
“. . . while outside the living room window
bags of gold blazed yellow in the windowbox
and azaleas blared through pink trumpets . . .” Continue reading
by Tyler Gore
“Multiple layer allegory was Dante’s great gift to me, but I mixed it up with my experience, my particular philosophical tendency/preference — irony with love…” Continue reading
by Nancy Koerbel
“The engine of an essay is doubt. The engine of an essay is doubt and self-reflection and humility, and once you get in that territory I think women are better at it.” Continue reading
By Susan Sechrist
“…numbers have this interesting quality—they are abstractions, used for a fairly narrow purpose: to signify quantities. But they’re also words, patterns of sound. And words make linkages all through our brains. That capacity for making long-distance connections is at the heart of metaphor.” Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“My redemption was to recognize the spiritual abuse and walk into spaces that know how to embrace me without judgment.” Continue reading
by Nancy Koerbel
“There are just all kinds of ways to diminish yourself, but your writing is a way to think of yourself as an expansive self. ” Continue reading
