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Spotlight Artist – Sonja Dimovska

 Have you always known you wanted to be a graphic artist? Graphic art is a medium I most frequently use to express myself. I have a feeling as if I have been doing that for my whole life. I have always found graphics as someth...

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Book Review: In Defence of Adultery

Reviewed by Jacob Silkstone Julia Copus, In Defence of Adultery (Bloodaxe, 2003) ISBN: 1-85224-607-3 The American poet Jennifer Grotz once said that ‘Poetry is philosophy’s twin sister. The one that wears make-up.’ More g...


Bipolar

I. A dove into a mirror; A crow into a tree. II. There is a word missing. —A.R. Chase     Archer Rose Chase is the unanticipated amalgamation of a Marine Biologist, a conservative Christian, and the sudden collision...

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Missionary Position

Missionary Position  By John Wesick   “You want something, Mr. Terry?” The braless Indian girl moved closer to the table, and the corner lifted the hemline of her tattered, silver dress even higher. “A line for me and ...


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Spotlight Poet – Karen Alkalay-Gut

 Behind the Words: An Interview with Karen Alkalay-Gut by Omri J. Luzon Karen Alkalay-Gut is a professor at Tel-Aviv University, the Chair of the Israel Association of Writers in English, Vice Chair of the Federation of Writer...


The Sweetest Dream

A Naked Industry

By Aaron Grierson

At the Bar

Breaking Bonds

By Salman Latif


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Vacation

Arizona was a dry attic we broke into. You told me how we entered in a window splitting under the weight of sunlight, how the crack closed and opened like lips. You told me I could put my finger on any crevice and feel shadows ...


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The Hard Work of Poetry

By Salli Shepherd Poets are constantly crippled, creatively. It’s the way it works. You write a line and, just now, right now, it seems like it’s the best line in the world to date. It’s a shiny, beautiful lin...

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Spotlight Illustrator: Abigail Larson

In this short interview, Ms Larson—illustrator extraordinaire—talks about her craft, how she got started and what inspires her (among other things) with Creative Director Moeed Tarique. Abigail Larson once had early ambitio...





 
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