Media Eruption, 2021 Artist: Michele Rule Acrylic, collage Artist Statement: I was inspired to create this piece as COVID progressed and there was an onslaught of media attention, both good and bad. The push-pull between truth and misinformation made me anxious for what might happen to our communities and world. Michele RuleContinue reading “Media Eruption. mixed media by Michele Rule”
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A Changing World. visual art by Miroslava Panayotova
Return to Journal Miroslava Panayotova (Bulgaria) graduated from Plovdiv University, specialty Bulgarian philology and English language. She has published poems, stories, tales, aphorisms, essays, criticisms, translations, articles and interviews in periodical and collections. She has published the following poetry books: Nuances, 1994, God of the senses, 2005, Pitcher, 2014, Whisper of leaves, 2017, Green feeling,Continue reading “A Changing World. visual art by Miroslava Panayotova”
Fires Near Me. fiction by Faye Brinsmead
Fires Near Me We went to bed with the sliding doors open, but smoke woke us at 4. Uncanny, how fast the sleeping brain reacts to fire. The slightest whiff, and bam! You sprang up and closed the doors. Thanks. I stroked the back of your neck, C1 and C2, where you tense up. Aircon?Continue reading “Fires Near Me. fiction by Faye Brinsmead”
Cut As if By Knife. fiction by Wayne F. Burke
CUT AS IF BY KNIFE JOHNNY GARIBALDI trudged up the soft clover-covered hillside. A black strand of hair, fallen from his pompadour, lay curled on his forehead. Johnny’s shoulders were broad and he had egg-shaped biceps from working-out with the Charles Atlas Expander bar (3 easy payments 9.95 each). Donny Baguette walked beside Johnny: thin,Continue reading “Cut As if By Knife. fiction by Wayne F. Burke”
In the Beginning There Was Sound. fiction by Dana Neacşu
In the Beginning There Was Sound In the beginning the sound incorporated the meaning of silence, too. Humming remembrance of the past. Of what happened, was imagined, or profoundly desired. Like an unventilated waiting room in a train station buzzing with flies. The door opens without a creak and the click-clack of heels announces anContinue reading “In the Beginning There Was Sound. fiction by Dana Neacşu”
Good for You. a letter from Bänoo Zan
Good for You Dear Fellow-Writer in the West, I see the uncomfortable expression on your face in the face of the ongoing protests in Iran. I see you cannot wrap your head around the fact that the citizens of a Muslim-majority country are demanding an end to an “Islamic” regime. I acknowledge that this isContinue reading “Good for You. a letter from Bänoo Zan”
Literary Spotlight. Keeping it Fresh for Posterity. Helen Eastman in Conversation with Sue Burge
HELEN EASTMAN – KEEPING IT FRESH FOR POSTERITY I’m delighted to have been able to pin down the human dynamo that is Helen Eastman for this wide-ranging and generous interview. Helen has so many roles, she’s a true creative, and someone who is more than prepared to give back to her community in so manyContinue reading “Literary Spotlight. Keeping it Fresh for Posterity. Helen Eastman in Conversation with Sue Burge”
Book Basking in Autumn. a review of books by Gordon Phinn
Book Basking in Autumn Books Referenced: Dirtbag, Massachusetts, Isaac Fitzgerald (Bloomsbury 2022)All Of This, Rebecca Woolf (Harper One 2022)Elizabeth Finch, Julian Barnes (Random House 2022)The Razor’s Edge, Karl Jirgens (The Porcupine’s Quill 2022)A Minor Chorus, Billy-Ray Belcourt (Hamish Hamilton 2022)We Are Still Here, Nahid Shahalimi, ed. (Penguin 2021)Until Further Notice, Amy Kaler (U. ofContinue reading “Book Basking in Autumn. a review of books by Gordon Phinn”
Churchill At Munich. 3 Whistler Independent Books Awards reviews by Darcie Friesen Hossack
From the WIBA Website: Established in 2016 to recognize excellence in Canadian self-publishing, the Whistler Independent Book Awards offers prizes in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and children’s books (new for 2022). There are three finalists in each category, with the winners being announced at the annual Whistler Writers Festival. The Whistler Independent Book Awards areContinue reading “Churchill At Munich. 3 Whistler Independent Books Awards reviews by Darcie Friesen Hossack”
Iran needs us, we need Iranian women. a poem by Diana Manole
Iran needs us, we need Iranian women To Masha Amini and all women martyrs of the fight for freedom “Women’s rights are human rights!” she gasps before everything goes blue. “A dream I’m finally dreaming,” she thinks. Blue girls and women walk, dance, whirl on the streets of Tehran, throw their hijabs into the air,Continue reading “Iran needs us, we need Iranian women. a poem by Diana Manole”
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