Entries Tagged as 'Issue 4'

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Publication of Fourth Issue and Call for Submissions

We are proud to announce the publication of our fourth issue, which marks the close of our first year. In it, you will find writers from all backgrounds and experiences - an integral part of our mission statement.
Throughout the year we have continued to receive submissions from all over the country and the […]

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Fourth Issue

AT THE WIND TOWER, ATHENS
Finally they go in contrary directions,
east and west, each breezing
into the life of someone else.
And even then each remembers the same scenes:
the dip from snow into the hot spring,
the hotel room in the blue-olive-tree valley,
the tzatziki and wine under a string of lightbulbs,
the wedding band thrown at him in the parting.
The […]

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Fourth Issue

Juliet
I met her on a sweltering afternoon in Bombay, on the kind of day your feet boil within your shoes. I asked her if the bus had already gone by, and she told me the story of her life. As I watched her speak, I wondered what kind of person actually spills out her soul […]

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Fourth Issue

Failed Secrets
There is no one to whom I can tell this story, Mami. It’s sealed tight, cauterized with thick keloid skin, smooth and impenetrable. So, I tell it, filling in all the blanks, going back to the brief, blessed time when love, trust and safety is the kind embrace of a doting father. […]