Fiction & Poetry

In parks and gardens abundant in plants and flowers, the grass is nothing more than a backdrop. Only at airports, with no masters to serve and no adversaries to overcome, can it reach its fullest glory.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern,” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and her own poem “Kaepernick.”

“Fear of the foreign and the fear of being foreign.”

“How is it you shed earlier selves and are more yourself with each shedding?”

The author reads her story from the July 28, 2025, issue of the magazine.

She could feel the mirror shining in her dark bedroom closet. Waiting for the offering.

On the day that Pat met Jim Dasterson in the barrier, he had less than a dollar in one pocket and an ounce of gin in the other.

“Egyptians saw eternity / in your unspooling center.”

“Now we’re older we know who’s gotten sober / or been bitten by God or chewed and discarded / under a dirty bus shelter.”

The author reads her story from the July 21, 2025, issue of the magazine.