Helen Benedict 10/12/21 Helen Benedict 10/12/21

A Lonesome Journey to Freedom: The Hidden Struggles of LGBTQ Refugees

LGBTQ refugees, trapped in the brutal camps of Greece, are unprotected and rarely talked about.

Thomas Sayers Ellis 10/12/21 Thomas Sayers Ellis 10/12/21

Folkcal Fraim 5

Some photographs guide the world back to itself by pulling the world apart, then putting it back very quickly.

Andrew Grainger 10/12/21 Andrew Grainger 10/12/21

The God Gap

If God works in mysterious ways, Luke’s death is entirely too mysterious for me.

Dan Hunter 10/12/21 Dan Hunter 10/12/21

The Real World

If it’s real for ten minutes, it’s real enough to injure.

Shahriar Mandanipour 10/12/21 Shahriar Mandanipour 10/12/21

Abandon Hope, All Abandon…!

Recently the Islamic State took aim at the only remaining wealth of the people: their hope.

Brian Marley 10/12/21 Brian Marley 10/12/21

Ebook Piracy: Some Pros and Cons

Publishers should think seriously about what may be gained from illegal downloads rather than what may have been lost.

Monica McAlpine 10/12/21 Monica McAlpine 10/12/21

The Calling: My Path to Poetry

At age eighty, I am publishing my first volume of poems.

Jill McCorkle 10/12/21 Jill McCorkle 10/12/21

The Plague of Silence

Complicit silence is the most dangerous of all the infectious plagues.

Thomas O’Grady 10/12/21 Thomas O’Grady 10/12/21

Visiting James Joyce’s Grave with Anthony Kerrigan

I have not yet made it to James Joyce’s grave.

Joyce Peseroff 10/12/21 Joyce Peseroff 10/12/21

On Christopher Jane Corkery’s “Love Took the Words”

Corkery’s grasp of poets—and poetics—graces each page.

Tony Schwalm 10/12/21 Tony Schwalm 10/12/21

Just Can’t Picture It

Hopelessness has triumphed in Afghanistan.

Grace Singh Smith 10/12/21 Grace Singh Smith 10/12/21

Drinking Up Old Tears

Bharat, India — that gracefully-shaped hurt containing the home I still seek.

Shilpi Suneja 10/12/21 Shilpi Suneja 10/12/21

A Scattering of Marigolds: Death, Migration, & Covid-19

For many years I wondered whether my life would have been better had I stayed in India