I want to believe she wasn’t being cruel, but on some level, she felt this kind of hatred was trivial or acceptable
The best books in the genre are haunted by the unbearable truth at the heart of empires
"The Flamingo Café" by Laurie Lathem, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
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SupportIn “Body Weather,” Lorraine Boissoneault maps her body’s systems onto weather patterns
These are stories of hiding, surviving, and loving in the harsh flatlands of central Canada
An excerpt from ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, recommended by Kimberly Campanello
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"The Flamingo Café" by Laurie Lathem, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
An excerpt from ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, recommended by Kimberly Campanello
Two poems by Russell Brakefield
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