The Embrace: Poetry by Rose Auslander
The Embrace
So pale, he’s almost
green, a bit yellow,
slightly iridescent—
in that second before
he touches you, you wish
you could make him
pretty again. Even
through his overcoat
you’ll feel...
Untitled, After Rukeyser: Poetry by Stephen Ira
Untitled, After Rukeyser
I lived in the century after the war.
I’d go out on the street after events
where we stood on the stage one by...
Mariological Recitative of Mystical Pharmacology: Poetry by Joseph F. Delgado
Mariological Recitative of Mystical Pharmacology
—Joseph F. Delgado
Joseph F. Delgado is a former professor of Spanish literature and linguistics at the universities of Minnesota, Puerto...
The Inanimate Me: Fiction by Martin Shaw
The Inanimate Me
There’s only one rotten apple in this hospital, an old-school homophobic male nurse who’s pheromonic orchestration of testosterone is thwarted by the...
Why We Dance: Poetry by Terry M. Dugan
Why We Dance
Because we do the electric slide into the clinic to the tune of crying babies.
Because every day we fox trot in and...
Tartara, The Prince of Dance: Poetry by Joy Gaines-Friedler
Tartara, The Prince of Dance
Harsh. Fierce. What was it about perfection?
Why the constant movement Nureyev? Why the wings?
Why the sad longing? Yes, the boys...
Randy Boyd: Writer & Advocate
Pathbreaker
Writer & Long-Term Survivor Randy Boyd Revisits His Journey So Far in a New Collection
by Chael Needle
Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Sean Black
Jalandhar Nayak,...
Caroling at St. Vincent’s, 1986: Poetry by Marcia Pelletiere
Caroling at St. Vincent's, 1986
So typical of the sick, for years, my mind
bent over microscopes, brooding
for the millionth time about my injury.
But now and...
