Our friend, Jamey Gallagher has been kind enough to share with us an excerpt from his newly released novel “Midwinter.”With a blizzard bearing in from Jersey to Maine, why not shell out the price of a venti at Starbucks and support some great, contemporary American literature?
For my UK friends who don’t quite understand events in Oregon…. HRH the Prince of Wales is staying abreast of… Read more “Please, live free or die, if you wish…” – Jonathan Sawday
No, David Bowie was not an American (though he was afraid of Americans, judging from the title of one of… Read more “She Wants the Young American:” Remembering David Bowie – Trevor Seigler
On the BQE He accepted deposits of Rolls of pennies From little old ladies Cashed checks In twenties “Please” And… Read more On the BQE and Another Poem – Adam Breier
This is not a story but a memory. In August 1980, having just lost a job in New York, a… Read more Memories of Mark – Bill Cushing
December is the weird-ass month, raising Daffodils from dozing land, mixing Hallmark cards and bafflement, mudding Up our seasons with… Read more Poems of the Climate, I (after Eliot’s Waste Land, of course) – Jedediah Purdy
DESERT EXPLANATIONS Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. ― Bertrand Russell… Read more Desert Explanations, and Other Poems – R.T. Castleberry
As a Soldier in the US Army, I hold it to be my most sacred duty to become obsolete. That… Read more Is Peace an American Value? – Daniel Kimmel
The Sixties were supposed to be happy, groovy, hippy-dippy love-fests 24/7 and nothing but good vibes. But the reality is… Read more “Her Life Was Saved by Rock & Roll:” Lou Reed’s National Anthem – Trevor Seigler
Sandow Birk’s new exhibition and book publication of his nearly decade-long project, American Qur’an, drew media attention last month including… Read more American Muhammad: An Interview with Artist Sandow Birk – Wade Linebaugh
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