fall 2017
Table of Contents
Return to Home PageLimits New York Brian Jerrold Koester
Persuasion Freedom of Speech Emma Winsor Wood
What It Is About to Do Le Mouton Noir Dessa Bayrock
* (It was a lake, used to bodies :islands) * (Arm over arm you expect) Simon Perchik
Somebody Else's Heroes Small Change Jocko Benoit
The Malice in My Footsteps Conyer Clayton
Unsolicited Relationship Advice Erin Kirsh
The Travel Section Ghost Train Christopher Levenson
Pamplemousse Dominique Bernier-Cormier
Stereotypes like like i love you Andrew Warner
cold bright waves for sorrow leaf kotasek
Familiar Pianissimo Jennifer van Alstyne
Rebelling Unrest Errata Dani Spinosa
Ode to a Desiccated Olive (Love is easier the headless way) James Cagney
qualifications for your consideration Laura Yan
Ecstasy Like Water to Soften Leather Jasmine Sky
Stereotypes
I used to know another Andrew.
He would rap.
I would ‘slam’.
He was the only black boy in his school.
I was the only out, gay guy in my grade.
We used to joke,
To note how often
We are compared to our stereotyped celebrities.
How I was once an Anderson Cooper.
How he was called Kanye or Kendrick,
Depending on the day.
How black boys are said to be too violent, too often.
How queer kids are said to be too silent, too often.
He told me the first time someone called him the N word
He punched them “right in the face.”
I heard him call me Faggot.
I said nothing.