Reading the Letters of the Dead by Jennifer Michael Hecht Why were the dead so timid while they lived? In mind, they step in groans; toes en pointe to test the sand. […]
“Reading the Letters of the Dead”
“Crossword”
by Sally Bliumis-Dunn The white and black squares promise order in the morning mess of mulling over the latest political morass, what’s on sale at Kohl’s, the book review. Each letter, shared, which […]
“The Newborns”
“The Newborns” by Kathryn Hunt All through the night, all through the long witless hallways of my sleep, from my hospital bed I heard the newborn babies cry, bewildered, between worlds, like new […]
GHAZAL: FREEDOM IN AMERICA
by Alicia Ostriker My grandfather’s pipe tobacco fragrance, moss-green cardigan, his Yiddish lullaby When I woke crying: three of my earliest memories in America Arriving on time for the first big war, […]
The Gloria Sirens 