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Richard Wilbur, March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017 [by David Lehman]
Richard Wilbur, who died last night, was born in New York City in 1921 and grew up in rural New Jersey. His father was a portrait painter, and his mother came from a long…
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Elegy [poem by Angela Ball]
Elegy “She has a knee,”the TSA agent said.a pat-down situation–legsin wrong position. One forward,no, back. No armsoverhead. Same strokesfor all. First flight since the insertionof a prosthetic knee, first since vacationin a cabin named…
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The Real Reason Linda Reagan [Amy Carlson] Left “Blue Bloods” After 7 Seasons [by Walter Carey]
Editor's note: Walter Carey writes: "David Huntley, my source for this story, is the pseudonym of an executive at CBS who asked that he or she not be named. — WC." For an update…
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Friday the 13th [by David Lehman]
It's Friday the 13th and I wonderhow the superstition got started.I'd always thought it was becausethere were thirteen diners at theLast Supper but I recently saw adocumentary about the KnightsTemplar according to whichKing Philip…
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TALES FROM UNDER THE PALAPA #1: The Forgotten Language [by Rex Weiner]
(Editor's note: As part of a series about new under-the-radar writing workshops, we've asked Rex Weiner, co-founder of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop to tell our readers about the experience of this magical place.…
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Fragments 169-183 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
169. He believed her orgasms were authentic, but he suspected she was faking her compassion: “Oh. Oh. Oh. Yes. Yes. Yes. You poor thing, you!” 170. Within the past hour, how many people passed…
