Eviction by Puma Perl

14 February 2017

The night was excessive for a Tuesday. I reached Jackson, a street unfamiliar to most East Village folk, a neighborhood so Lower East Side you can still buy Little Debbie cakes and Champagne Cola, no NYU dorms or purple buses, no Starbucks. They removed the Citi bikes – too many people lounging on them, drinking … More Eviction by Puma Perl

Habitation of the Human Voice By Michael T. Young

7 February 2017

Michael T. Young’s beautiful literary and political essay on the human voice, in the full meaning of that word. Habitation of the Human Voice By Michael T. Young In the wake of Trump’s election, there is a growing claustrophobia about the world. The streets feel narrower, the air harder to draw into the lungs. What … More Habitation of the Human Voice By Michael T. Young

Dragging While Pain Drags Us. Poem by James Cervantes

5 February 2017

Art by Selwyn Rodda, I hear Russian Winters are harsh Surrender by James Cervantes Just shadow-dragging while pain drags us October into November. Following advice, we picture ourselves nimble, bend easily to collect wrapping paper, sparkle in sunlight, and hum along. We lend body heat to our cats, fog the windows. We play in the … More Dragging While Pain Drags Us. Poem by James Cervantes

Before You Know It, And Then After. Poem by Halvard Johnson

4 February 2017

Art by Rodda Selwyn, When shall we set sail for happiness Before You Know It, And Then After During the intermission, Duchamp and Man Ray try out some of the songs they heard in the first act. They get a standing ovation from the six or seven people who have not gone out for a … More Before You Know It, And Then After. Poem by Halvard Johnson

Grand Central of the Sea: Poem by Irina Mashinski

3 February 2017

Irina Mashinski’s poem to all the native cities and their mermaids swimming by rusty snapped-off doors. Human, by Selwyn Rodda To an Atlantis Fleet  left. Towers are rising from waters – and sink again: Grand Central of the sea – its bottle glass of  empty deep terminals, and foamless passages, and shoals of baby fish… Brave  … More Grand Central of the Sea: Poem by Irina Mashinski

From It’s Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment by Peter Dolack

2 February 2017

A brilliantly clear refutation of Milton Friedman’s Chicago School of Economics theory by Peter Dolack! Art by Selwyn Rodda. Homo Sacer the Drowned and the Devoured. 145 x 105 cm. Charcoal on paper [Today’s dominant] neoclassical [economic] theories are most closely associated with the “Chicago School” centered on the University of Chicago economics department and … More From It’s Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment by Peter Dolack