The Light Endures: 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins
Grief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
...moreGrief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
...moreIt’s exhausting, I realize, to constantly convince myself that I matter.
...moreIt’d been a while since I’d spent time in a body.
...moreIn deep grief, we rotate inside of a funhouse.
...moreThe ground trembles, setting his flesh and bones vibrating.
...moreI lived there, suspended in the moment before I chose to move.
...moreThere are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
...moreJinJin Xu discusses her debut chapbook, THERE IS STILL SINGING IN THE AFTERLIFE.
...moreBeth Alvarado discusses her new story collection, JILLIAN IN THE BORDERLANDS.
...moreJacinta V. White discusses her collection of poetry, RESURRECTING THE BONES.
...moreMal’ Atta attacked with a slew of sensory assaults.
...moreJudith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.
...more“Any good poem has form and acts out its meanings in form.”
...moreSecrecy stitched us a fraudulent reality. Denial masqueraded as hope.
...moreSumita Chakraborty discusses her debut collection, ARROW.
...moreTara Isabel Zambrano discusses DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
...moreMegan Cummins discusses her debut story collection, IF THE BODY ALLOWS IT.
...moreTrauma’s wing conceals and reveals.
...moreLiz Prato discusses her essay collection VOLCANOES, PALM TREES, AND PRIVILEGE.
...moreA block away from my house, Reina killed herself.
...moreFor Chang, figurative language proves unsatisfactory when compared to the depth of her grief.
...moreAnything we write now is a primary source.
...moreGrief sneaks up on you, and so does this book.
...moreMarianne Chan discusses her debut poetry collection, ALL HEATHENS.
...moreWhen we begin life, language is play.
...moreAll your efforts and still you must reckon with this end.
...moreOksana Zabuzhko discusses her story collection, YOUR AD COULD GO HERE.
...moreMy gynecologist won’t stop bothering me about getting a genetic test done.
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