Sonnenizio for Bill and Detail from “Sonnenizio for Bill”

by Jen Karetnick I. The Gonif                With a line from Imtiaz Dharker Willing to fall for the trick that tells the truth,we trick ourselves to forget. But you are a thornin the foot of memory—trickster bornon Christmas Day, a trick played on your moth-er, whose water trickled out during a blizzard,snowstorm that performs tricks as if… Continue reading Sonnenizio for Bill and Detail from “Sonnenizio for Bill”

A More Perfect Woman: On Anna Rollins’ “Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl”

Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl by Anna RollinsWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2025Review by Alyssa Witbeck:: Anna Rollins, in her debut memoir Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl, writes about the lure of becoming a “more perfect woman” through controlling her body. The crux… Continue reading A More Perfect Woman: On Anna Rollins’ “Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl”

Snowshoe Hare

by Laura A. Ring I was reckless as a child.No sky too wide. Traipsedalong the ridgeline in full sun.Deer trails. Clearings. Never shiedfrom wing or foot fall.I lingeredat the fox’s musk-red burrow.The horned owl’s roost. I wanted to be seen.To be someone’sdesperate luck.To see the worldthrough tender feathersI collected in my travels.Black of corvid.Gray of… Continue reading Snowshoe Hare

Your LA Death

by MT Vallarta                                                 CW: Suicide I am having dreams of Los Angeles. I am walking the city alone at night. With the palm trees, neon lights, and gum-speckled sidewalks, I could… Continue reading Your LA Death