Awards season is upon us, and the confluence of nominations for both Best of the Net and Best Indie Lit New England being due has given us cause to review our entire past two years’ worth of work. It’s moments … Continue reading→
My Part in the Musical
By Daniel McGinn
My mother liked to dress me. Slacks were required with the school dress code. After school I wanted to wear Levis, just like other boys. Mother was insistent about maintaining a … Continue reading→
By Victor D. Infante
“How strange a world where our children would rather go than stay.”
When I first heard Daniel McGinn read those words, in a poem written after the suicide of a mutual friend’s daughter, I forgot how … Continue reading→
The Editors Write: If one’s seeking signs of health among the country’s surrealist and post-modern movements, one need only train one’s eyes westward. Southern California, for reasons that remain mostly inexplicable, remains a hotbed for surrealist poetry, and few approach … Continue reading→
Ask what She Thought and She Comes to Mind
(for Devin Cohee)
By Daniel McGinn
She might hand you a blank
or shoot you some bullet
or sheet you some paper
and say please start … Continue reading→