Close Encounters By David Havird “William O. Douglas—the name, and not just the poster’s rusty red lettering, appears to have faded. He is ‘Justice Warren Douglas’ in one scholar’s reference to the poem;…

“My first column of the year, after a long silence, won’t be sweet or pretty, for pretty is a weak thing robbed of power by mediocrity, and this is no time for either.…

Singing & Drowning By Janet Kenny “I am basically a formal poet who ignores the rules. Music has always dominated anything I do, and music is something I can’t escape in poetry. As…

Signal & Memory By Daniel J. Dodson “Near Abilene and Amarillo, where wind turbines stretch across the plains like rows of white tuning forks, Alphabet/Google has built new facilities designed to inhale vast…

“What would prompt a well-educated woman of a certain age to take up such a dubious pastime? A pastime that makes her long-patient husband of 48 years sigh audibly when he enters the…

“When we turn our gaze skyward, to the constellations and planets that have guided human wonder for millennia, we encounter names that carry stories far beyond the shimmer of their surfaces. Naming is…

“Considering that we all depend upon fossil fuels for our existence, I suspect a healthy future is not in our cards. Even though ‘reduced coal burning has saved about 400 lives a day…

The Hubris Review By William Ramp “What do you do when you realize that many of the things you love most deeply are the products of harm? What do you do when things…

Speculative Friction “I went thin as pears, all sliced-up and see-through. I went halfway to happy. I went to a place where I don’t have to answer. I went sniff in the air.…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge By Diana Farr Louis “I felt myself detoxing from apartment life, wearing as few clothes as possible, sandals only when in town or on gravel, becoming more…