Articles by Travis Catsull
Pearl Buck Novel found in TX storage
A Pearl Buck Novel, New After 4 Decades
Forty years after being written, an unpublished novel by Pearl S. Buck, the Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, will be released this …
Don’t Wear Out My Name
Don’t Wear Out My Name
by J. Alan Nelson
Don’t wear out my name
My daughter says. Don’t wear it out.
It’s both Saturday and her birthday.
We go to the donut shop
her …
#293
#293
by Kieran Borsden
I died today –
in caulked sand laid flat,
my chest attuned to the tide;
an apparition (of June
and the dark mastery)
of time bled into happier
(skies stolen by an hour beyond …
It All Seems Very Digital in the Morning
IT ALL SEEMS VERY DIGITAL IN THE MORNING
by Nicole Kuwik
It all seems very digital in the morning
and I think I might apathy
on your shoes.
But then again,
many things seem this way
when …
ZEPHYR
ZEPHYR
by Aaron Fagan
Blown from umbra to
Penumbra to antumbra
Into the full cast of the fine,
Welcome light of spring,
I followed the grayscale
Feather back to its source
In a goose: mashed, dirty,
Bloody and bulbous …
the most
the most
by Oswald James
blown out
fucked up
scuzzed out
noisey
droned down
wall of sound
that ever happened
was made by some kids
in the middle of nowhere
they call themselves
los ganges
the mexican indians
strangers in their own city
scorching a …
A Child’s Nightmare
A Child’s Nightmare
by Hollis Whitlock
Jeff is sitting silently in the backseat of a rumbling station wagon. Rain patters on the rooftop and runs in thick streams down the windows. His …
“Super Fly” Stossel
“Super Fly” Stossel
by Matt Crowley
Can anyone forget John Stossel’s infamous 1984 beat-down at the hands of a henchman of the World Wrestling Federation’s big boss Vince McMahon? (Actually I think …
Fifty-Fifty
Fifty-Fifty
by Patricia Clark
You can have the grackle whistling blackly
from the feeder as it tosses seed,
if I can have the red-tailed hawk perched
imperious …
New book from Tom Waits.
Tom Waits and Anton Corbijn to Release a Collaborative Photographic Book “Waits/Corbijn ’77-’11″
WAITS/CORBIJN ‘77-‘11, a collector’s edition linen slipcase book limited to 6,600 copies, is scheduled for a May 8th …
Spring King
Spring King
by Dan Raphael
from the bathroom window I see across the continent
of plants—political borders, geological anomalies, where a year is an eon
as the sun leaves and returns, faceless, unpredictable—how could …
When at the Edge of the Cliff, Don’t Necessarily Jump
When at the Edge of the Cliff, Don’t Necessarily Jump
by j/j hastain
After many weeks of carving messages to my Beloved into the globe that my Grandpa gave me, I held …
Swing Shift Blues
Swing Shift Blues
by Alan Dugan
What is better than leaving a bar
in the middle of the afternoon
besides staying in it or not
having gone into it in the first place
because you had …
Bold
Bold
by H.R. Howell
Whores bore the hell out of me
with their abnormal-sized asses
and brown roots atop platinum blonde tails
And smart girls bore the hell out of me
with my visions of their …
A Day in the Life
New Book Sheds Light on Writers Daily Lives
Hemingway wrote standing, Nabokov on index cards, Twain while puffing cigars, and Sitwell in an open coffin. Here’s an excerpt from the book …
Mr Zapruder’s Family Film Night
Mr Zapruder’s Family Film Night
by Ben Macnair
Somewhere, in another Universe,
Abraham would sit down with his family,
and watch their glory days in the new fangled Kodachrome.
They would sit and delight in …
Suburban Kids with Nothing Better To Do
Suburban Kids with Nothing Better To Do
by Mylo Reyes
There always seems to be
an empty seat on the train,
when I stumble back home
wearing a backpack stuffed with
two nights of staying-with-the-parents.
There’s nothing …
Stained Glass World
Stained Glass World
by JD DeHart
Projected onto the far stone wall
In kaleidoscopic rumination
A strangely polite
Ridiculously Caucasian hagiography.
Vonnegut’s letter to JFK
Vonnegut Volunteers for the JFK Campaign, 1960
In this short letter from 1960, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. volunteers to work for the campaign of candidate John F. Kennedy.
Writing in a plain style, …
Aunt Hester
Aunt Hester
by Carol Smallwood
Having to leave the room of my own in Ithaca was difficult. I wanted to remain for the daffodils, to hear bees among the lilacs: even …
A New Mayan Letter
A New Mayan Letter
by Charles Potts
For Joshua and Jeremy
South of the border
The many borders
Where rich Texas Cubans will erect walls
For the poor to fly over
On their way to heaven
Though it …
Blue in the face
Blue in the face
by Ivan Jenson
Eventually we all
grow tired of being
the very best we can be
and instead settle
for simply showing up
and delivering good
instead of great
and then sometimes
we surprise ourselves
and exceed …
Burning the Book
Burning the Book
by Ron Koertge
The anthology of love poems I bought
for a quarter is brittle, anyway, and comes
apart when I read it.
One at a time, I throw pages on the …
Recovered 4 A.M. (ephemeral)
Recovered 4 A.M. (ephemeral)
by Harutyun Catalyst
The chlorine is bleaching the dirty carpet, slowly, and the scene is electrifying the twisted body, emptying the eyes. A smile on the face, and …
DOGS WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES (SHOULDN’T THROW BONES)
DOGS WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES (SHOULDN’T THROW BONES)
by David Rutter
Let’s go for a ride in my go-cart
I know this race has been compromised
Booby trapped
Jury rigged
Set to blow
Now that does …
Filming ‘Blood Shot Silk’ – Deleted Scene (23)
Filming ‘Blood Shot Silk’ – Deleted Scene (23)
by Christopher Barnes
In the Theatre Profane
Inescapable revelations arise,
Head-on to Camera 7…
…An easy-temper hand
Twiddling follicles, bending singed hair –
Sammy lulling Bevan.
Gum-tree stairs crewless. Pan …
CAUGHT RED-HEADED AT THE FRONT DESK
CAUGHT RED-HEADED AT THE FRONT DESK
by Nicole Kuwik
Caught red-handed at the front desk,
we stuff our pockets with bananas, and make a break
for the coast.
We’ve been walking the streets in uneven …
Norbert Blei dies.
Norbert Blei | August 23, 1935 – April 23, 2013
Norbert Blei (August 23, 1935- April 23, 2013) was an American writer. He wrote 17 books of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and essays. …
