fall 2017
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The Malice in My Footsteps
Conyer Clayton
Ode to a Desiccated Olive
(Love is easier the headless way)
James Cagney
Familiar
Pianissimo
Jennifer van Alstyne
Ecstasy Like Water to Soften Leather Jasmine Sky
qualifications
for your consideration
Laura Yan
Unsolicited Relationship Advice
Erin Kirsh
Stereotypes like like i love you Andrew Warner
Rebelling Unrest Errata Dani Spinosa
Somebody Else's Heroes
Small Change
Jocko Benoit
Persuasion
Freedom of Speech
Emma Winsor Wood
cold bright waves for sorrow leaf kotasek
Pamplemousse Dominique Bernier-Cormier
Limits
New York
Brian Jerrold Koester
The Travel Section Ghost Train Christopher Levenson
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
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.