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Behind the relentless marquees
I just returned from a work trip to Vegas and was reminded again of the immense darkness that lies behind the relentless marquees, the canned attractions, overdone resorts, and extraverted casinos....
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Grey-Suited and Bitter with Gary Beck’s “Clerk”
For the first few months of a job—maybe a year—you feel you have a great thing, until the boredom, the stagnation, the frustration, the repetitiveness sets in. You want out, but it is also your...
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New Photography by Randi Ward
These gorgeous pictures were taken in the Faroe Islands … check them out here: The Gallery And for more art from our past contributors, please visit our archives: The Museum
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Humor amidst chaos: Moshing it up with Mindela Ruby
In her debut novel Mosh It Up, Mindela Ruby proves that she’s done her time in mosh pits. She knows what it means to be loud, fast, and punk and Ruby’s characters are alive with this same energy. Mosh...
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Dickinsonian, Delphic, and Dreamlike: Kathryn Levy’s “Reports”
In her collection of poems, Reports (New Rivers Press, 2013), Kathryn Levy presents a distillation of hurt, regret, and wonder. This is verse that eschews sentiment. These poems toss aside pat notions...
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Lush, Humid, and Lost: The Characters of Vanessa Blakeslee
Vanessa Blakeslee’s short story collection, Train Shots (Burrow Press, 2014), gives you a little pause. True to the title, the breaths between stories are like the pauses in between downing shots....
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Memoir, Travelogue, and Lyric: Raymond M. Wong’s “I’m Not Chinese”
The first thing you need to know is that I’m not Chinese. My name is Raymond Wong and I stopped being Chinese at the age of five. And so begins Raymond Wong’s touching account of his own coming of age...
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Pretzels, Performers, and Property: Louis Greenstein’s Mr. Boardwalk
Before Donald Trump began his march to the White House, before he had his own line of clothing, and before he had his own television show, he was simply a real- estate mogul, setting up casino after...
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New Art by Allen Forrest and Photography by Brian Michael Barbeito
Come and take a gander at three new pieces from Allen Forrest and Brian Michael Barbeito: The Gallery And for more art from our past contributors, please visit our archives: The Museum
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In Conversation with Ploi Pirapokin
Shamar Hill: I’m curious about your background and how you came to writing. Ploi Pirapokin: I came to writing primarily because I loved reading and wanted to be in conversation with the authors I read....
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