When Earth and Sky Intermingle : Science and Poetry – By Michael G. Smith
Poetry has never revealed its full face to anyone. Its beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. It defies any attempt at a...
Your Hands – By Kunal Mehra
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..story about my mother’s hands and all they’ve borne witness to, and how our hands can store memories and be the reservoir of our...
The Formula for Fantasy – By Kenny Chumbley
All fairy tales are fantasy, but not all fantasies are fairy tales. Fairy tales require fairy folk (elves, gnomes, etc.). The Three Little Pigs...
Sparkling Form – By Pavle Radonic
1. Escaping the sh_tholes for a place in the Sun
Adjacent table at KV the other day a couple of Indian lads chatting over lunch,...
We Shall Overcome – By Rimli Bhattacharya
I was talking to Manisha on phone when I broke down.
“Nothing makes me happy, Manisha,” I sounded exhausted. A cacophony she has heard before.
Which...
Old Iron – By Peter Barrett
The routine was always the same. Winters, usually; summers occasionally. The search for a new car always occurred in the extremes of each season.
Dad,...
Thoughts on Modernist poetry – By Colin Ian Jeffery
Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles, with the movement associated with new trends in...
Theater Musings – By Gary Beck
Seven million G.I.s returned from World War II and went to college on the G.I. bill, paid for by grateful Uncle Sam. This led...
How the Yugoslav Wars Shaped a Generation of Writers – By Lidija Dimkovska
“What was happening in Croatia and more generally throughout Yugoslavia was discussed at the university, often in connection with soldiers from the Yugoslav National...