STORY OF THE WEEK

STORY OF THE WEEK

Hidalga By Jennifer Delgadillo

Hidalga

By Jennifer Delgadillo
When the lasso dancers were done, they kicked away like wild colts, and one of the students walked up to the audience holding a paintbrush.

POEM OF THE WEEK

POEM OF THE WEEK

Chiaroscuro By Bruce Bond

Chiaroscuro

By Bruce Bond
I walked into a cloud and woke in a pool of my own sweat. It helped. The sense that I belonged where things exchange properties and places. I too was water.

MEMOIR

MEMOIR

Mysteries of Love and Grief By Sandra Scofield

Mysteries of Love and Grief

By Sandra Scofield
I had no room for Mother’s marble-top end table, or cross-stitched towels faded at the folds. I believed that things perish and are best abandoned early.

CLASSIC POETRY

CLASSIC POETRY

Bleecker Street, Summer By Derek Walcott

Bleecker Street, Summer

By Derek Walcott
Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor, for the eternal idleness of the imagined return, for rare flutes and bare feet.

NONFICTION

POETRY

NONFICTION

NONFICTION

John Irving at Iowa By Ron Hansen

John Irving at Iowa

By Ron Hansen
Suddenly John was there, in slim blue jeans and a rough white shirt that could have belonged to a Spanish troubadour or a sixteenth-century pirate.

POETRY

POETRY

Vaquero By Eduardo Martínez-Leyva

Vaquero

By Eduardo Martínez-Leyva
In Spain, folks call their denim jeans—vaqueros. As in, I’m going to slip into my vaqueros. Take my vaqueros to the bar.

CARTOONS

GRAPHIC STORIES

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2025-03 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2025-03

By Various Artists
New laughs over big dreams, small nibbles, and a light rain.

GRAPHIC STORIES

GRAPHIC STORIES

Let’s Learn English! By Tracey K. Berglund

Let’s Learn English!

By Tracey K. Berglund
A visual exploration of some amusing homophones and homonyms in the English language.

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The Lucky Bastard By N. Jane Kalu

The Lucky Bastard

By N. Jane Kalu
Only now does Grace understand that for her mum, the 1993 election held so much promise that it caused hope to spread like a disease.

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Roanoke Rapids By Ashleigh Bryant Phillips

Roanoke Rapids

By Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
Tchaikovsky can be real sad. And sometimes Tchaikovsky can be scary. But it’s never real scary. Things always turn out in the end.

NARRATIVE 10

NARRATIVE 10

NARRATIVE 10

NARRATIVE 10

Narrative 10 By Chris Bohjalian

Narrative 10

By Chris Bohjalian
When I was in college, the writer in residence at my alma mater suggested, “Be a banker.” I knew I had a lot of work to do.

NARRATIVE 10

NARRATIVE 10

Narrative 10 By Allegra Goodman

Narrative 10

By Allegra Goodman
I just knew I had a calling. As an adult it’s good for me to remember what I knew as a child. Writing is more than a profession.