Nest of Matches, the ingenious and savvy new book by Amie Whittemore, out from Autumn House Press, is full of such negotiations. As a mere reader unacquainted with this superb poet, I cannot say what ...

I. blows its whistle below the lumberyard. since a big company bought its name. dryer crease, crossing limbs. II. asks homes ...

Carolyn Martin’s poems have appeared in more than 200 publications throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. She ...

Mark Connelly’s fiction has appeared in Indiana Review, Milwaukee Magazine, Cream City Review, The Ledge, The Great American ...

Johnny Payne is the arts editor at Merion West. Johnny is a poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He has worked extensively in Latin American Studies, especially literature under dictatorship and ...

far away, blind to the actuality of being.

“Nevertheless, I am often struck by how many great thinkers have also been great walkers.” Ambulator nascitur, non fit. As far as Thoreau was concerned, walkers were born not made. “It requires a ...

“The tower tall strikes bells. The day slinks out/Leaving behind skies watercolor clear/And gives the evening air the taste of song” ...