Margaret Christakos

Margaret Christakos

CHARGER 10 Click slideshow to advance.   ______ Margaret Christakos is a Canadian poet from Sudbury, Ontario, who has lived in Toronto since 1987. Recent books include Her Paraphernalia: On Motherlines, Sex/Blood/Loss…

Sonnet L’Abbé

Sonnet L’Abbé

LXXIX Googling “white peopling,” I stumbledupon proverbial anchor babies in Urban Dictionary. UD should call me queenpin for I pwn thespian terminology. The attitude my verse asdfghjkls is sonetic: phonetics…

Sergio A. Ortiz

APPLICATION FOR CANONIZATION   I hereby request to be canonized in the Holy Church of Love. A man swore eternal love, but his love was hell on earth. I have…

Safiya Sinclair: from Cannibal

Safiya Sinclair: from Cannibal

CRANIA AMERICANA   The Caucasian skull is large and oval, with well-proportioned features. The nasal bones are arched, the chin full, the teeth vertical. This race is distinguished for the facility…

Camilla Grudova: unstitching

Camilla Grudova: unstitching

One afternoon, after finishing a cup of coffee in her living room, Greta discovered how to unstitch herself. Her clothes, skin, and hair fell from her like the peeled rind…

From Gentlemen of the Shade: Jen Sookfong Lee

From Gentlemen of the Shade: Jen Sookfong Lee

RISK, ON AND SCREEN OFF At 15, when I first watched My Own Private Idaho, my sexuality was still a fetal idea. But even though there are few women in…