I’ve Already Forgotten Your Phone Number
by Lightsey Darst
Uphill, in woods, three girls
are trying to love someone for the first time.
Far enough now for an objective look: you
liar. But I remember that great gesture
I dreamed you […]
French New Wave
Breathless (directed by Jean-Luc Godard)
by Kevin Murphy
It’s secretly satisfying to mimic a gesture plucked from the hero of a famous movie; what’s even better is when you don’t mean […]
Talking Write Max
by Christopher Wachlin
Welcome. And thank you for joining us. My name is Steve Pyradine. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard people say, “I wish I […]
Shadow of a Doubt
Article by Kevin Murphy
It’s the characters that drive Shadow of A Doubt, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller starring Theresa Wright and James Cotton. The plot is thick and the setting alive, […]
Belly Up
by Mark Vogel
In the old days bloat wasn’t a given:
1950s wiry guys hung out at the gas station
smoking, their oil stained shirts concealing
bony chests. In the old days shirtless
construction […]
My Neighbor’s Bird
by Simmons B. Buntin
“The object of art is to give life a shape.”
— Jean Anouilh
The sculpture that is my neighbor’s bird perches on the wall outside my window. It […]
