Explosives, Once Signaled
By Poetry Issue 115
Everything inside a mountain
has the right to be forgotten, but I have
the right to know, to access, make the coal seam
public.
Read MoreCherub Paul Desmond
By Poetry Issue 115
Paul Desmond was a famous jazz musician.
He could play altissimo, the highest register.
His tone was light as a soul leaving the body.
Godwrestling
By Poetry Issue 115
All Her Beautiful Children
By Fiction Issue 115
In the garden, love is dirt and rain: through every wet blossoming Joanna hears children singing—
Read MoreSomething Other than Devotion: Bored with the Renaissance, Surprised by the Contemporary
By Editorial Issue 115
Unlike a pilgrimage to the Uffizi, Paolini’s installations ask for something other than devotion; his work occasioned in me a kind of wondering that was something other than awe. It invites conversation rather than adulation. The artist is relinquishing control rather than demanding attention.
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