Tommy Pico: from Nature Poem

Tommy Pico: from Nature Poem

Like poison oak or the Left Eye part in “Waterfalls” you become a little bit of everything you brush against. Today I am a handful of raisins and abt 15…

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…

Fred Moten: the gramsci monument

Fred Moten: the gramsci monument

the gramsci monument if the projects become a project from outside then the projects been a project forever. held in the projects we the project they stole. we steal the…

Phoebe Wang: from Admission Requirements

Phoebe Wang: from Admission Requirements

  Excerpted from Admission Requirements by Phoebe Wang. Copyright © 2017 Phoebe Wang. Published by McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with…

Marcus McCann: from Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe

Marcus McCann: from Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe

SEX AT THIRTY-ONE Here’s hunger’s sweet spot, extra dough, and a summary of my competencies, is what I thought the year would be. Under its canopy, I vowed to string…

Susan Briante: from The Market Wonders

Susan Briante: from The Market Wonders

Towards a Poetics of the Dow (excerpt) Everyday has a number attached to it. Great additions, subtractions. This is not just an aesthetic problem (see Ashbery). There is a “natural…

Catriona Wright: from Table Manners

Catriona Wright: from Table Manners

ORIGIN STORY Some of it was probably cozy and nice. Close to the fire, silly drunk on sweet fermented plums. Some of it was urgent. One last romp before the…