A Parade
A Parade
I think I may have just experienced
one of the most prophetic prayers ever:
men, women and ladyboy prostitutes
parading down Beach Road
and onto Walking Street,
dancing,...
Cool Limbo
A review of Cool Limbo (NYQ Books) by Michael Montlack
Cool Limbo, Michael Montlack’s first full-length collection of poems, takes some unpacking: Like any great work...
Foundation
Foundation
The foundation you built
Rested on grass
Sewn together and stretched out
So Washington could see, so we all could see
How much memories mean
How much silence costs
The...
The Hour
The Hour
gliding
hand in hand
to bed,
night
was a dark flower
a trail of
roses
sunflowers
the autumn
breath
of their lives
together
the final hour
—Antonio Gomes
Antonio...
The Plague
The Plague
since no blade fits to shave its locks
it steals into our territory
hiding like weed amongst wheat
it snipes at our soldiers
and unbars our gates...
Dream of Ding Village
Dream of Ding Village
by Yan Lianke
Grove/Atlantic
This novel has been banned in the author’s native China. Yan Lianke is from Henan Province, the site of...
Spotlight: War Diaries
According to the press release from AIDS Project Los Angeles, War Diaries is “a new collection of words and images that highlights the impact...
Procession
Procession
I am the latest in a line
of who knows how many women.
I’ve accepted that.
He says he loves me.
That much I believe.
If he loved himself,
he’d...
Crying
Crying
“You cry but harm nothing in yourself.”
—Tony Kushner, Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
Those tears aren’t real
they’re not from your well
only borrowed and now...
The Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead
by Kgebetli Moele
Kwela Books
Kgebetli Moele is a South African novelist who has won several prizes. Not surprising, given his passionate...
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