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“P as t s ,” some erasures in Tupelo Quarterly
“Without you, I have no problem with time”
“Superstition ” and “The Beach, ” more erasures in MQR Mixtape
On pleasure, per the theme of the issue
“Greetings from the Grand Void ,” a comic-zine in the Quarantine Public Library
On a trip to the supposedly-Grand Canyon
“Would You Rather ,” a zine-comic-collage-type-thing in Popula
On brain tumors and shitty choices
“The Radiant Present ,” an illustrated essay in Prism
On presence, and brain tumors again
“Time Release ,” a longish comic in Spiralbound
On the quantum physics of Adderall addiction
“Nows ,” a shortish comic in The Offing
On the quantum physics of other stuff
“Ghost Alone ” and “Ghost in the Tattoo Parlor ,” some text-image hybrids in Muzzle
On ghosts, loneliness, and lonely Ghost
“Ghost in the Musuem ” and “I Hid the Pills ,” more text-image hybrids in Gertrude
On ghosts, addiction, and being both strangers
“Pittsburgh ,” a poem in Rattle On the risks and rewards of visiting Pittsburgh, at least in theory
“On Power ,” a pantoum in Praire Schooner
On, well, power
“Hook ,” a sonnet in Painted Bride Quarterly
On the Peter Pan-Captain Hook-Crocodile love triangle
“Dogs in Love ,” a 300-word love story in Electric Literature
On dogs, familiarity, and opposites attracting
“If I Leave You Then Maybe I Won’t Have to Miss You So Much ” and five other poems in Pank
On romantic ambivalence, semiotic dirty talk, and the strangeness of the fleshlight
“Neolithic Revolution ,” a sonnet on Verse Daily On animal passion and opposable thumbs
“Should I Write a Sonnet? ” an info-comic in Ploughshares
A helpful flow chart to help you decide
“Poetic Analytics ,” an info-comic in Ploughshares
The art of losing isn’t hard to master...with a line graph!
A review of Michael Dickman’s “The End of the West” in Make Magazine Winner of an Electric Literature Critical Hit Award !
“Permanent Ink? Tattoos and Regrets in the Age of Lasers, ” an essay in the Ann Arbor Current
On tattoos, tattoo removal, and the illusory allure of ‘forever’
“Prima Formas,” a crossword puzzle in The New York Times (kinda)
My dad and I made a crossword! Do it on the iOS app--it's the free sample puzzle in the "All New Mondays 7" pack--or click here for a .pdf
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