‘I have been thinking about getting a cat for some time,’ my husband said between sips of tea. I looked up in surprise. I had…
Translator’s Note: Lőrinc Szabó is one of the giants of the Hungarian literary scene of the mid-20th century. He often invoked his children Klara and…
Our longest days are barely over. What feels like a sci-fi feature set in a distant, dystopian future is the current reality for millions of…
“I’m afraid you will not smokemy meaning…”-John Keats Thursday morning he moved himself out of bedbefore any light broke throughthe already broken shadeand stood in…
Sidestep the puddle that stretches from one side of the sandy road to the other, up to the lip of the cement doorstep. Knock on…
In fact, we barely knew your slim thicketof zip codes could be so easily shruggedfrom memory, there wasn’t even a backseat side-eye.We don’t belong to…
The bat carries starson the undersidesof her wings. Her head is the tipof galaxyher body a velvetcometshattering nightwith its jagged arcof flight. Her thumbs &…
Autumn starts when the trees give up drinking.An appointment is madein the ditch of Lake Meadand the hairy hands,tented on mahogany,speak calmly,which can only augur…
Nandu turns five today. I’m given a list of things to get for the birthday party. Crayons, extra paper cups, Scotch tape, board pins, apples,…
The world sounds lovely over my left shoulder.A dog barks. A bird is chirping. The white rush of two-ton metal trucks on the asphalt. I am…
Hail Mary, full of Grace, Mother of God, Mother of Angels, Sacred Virgin,Knower of unknown unknowns, Arbiter of the end of the beginning:let it be….
I have so much to tell you,now that I am dead. I left my native soil in 1895 to seeka land as warm as gold,…
When he was five years old, my grandfather discovered how to converse with the dead. It was a time for believing in Argentina. The Man…