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  • Three Stranger Encounters of the New York Kind [by Alan Ziegler]

    April 23, 2015

        I reach a supermarket corner—a one-way aisle with two-way traffic—and encounter a suited man. When on a collision course with a stranger, you choreograph a little dance ending with a nod and a smile.…

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  • SAD GURL: The Consumption and Contextualization of POC Pain [by Christopher Soto]

    April 23, 2015

                I always wanted to be a sad white girl. I wanted to be sad like Lana Del Rey. I wanted a sadness that could be so universal, that it’d move everyone to tears.…

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  • SAD GURL: The Consumption and Contextualization of POC Pain [by Christopher Soto]

    April 23, 2015

                I always wanted to be a sad white girl. I wanted to be sad like Lana Del Rey. I wanted a sadness that could be so universal, that it’d move everyone to tears.…

    Continue reading…

  • Will Gary at Cafe Loup, December 2012

    April 23, 2015

    The late Will Gary flashes his irresistible smile as he joins David Lehman for late-night hijinks at Cafe Loup, December 2012. Gabriel Don was there with her camera and snapped this picture. One year…

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  • Will Gary at Cafe Loup, December 2012

    April 23, 2015

    The late Will Gary flashes his irresistible smile as he joins David Lehman for late-night hijinks at Cafe Loup, December 2012. Gabriel Don was there with her camera and snapped this picture. One year…

    Continue reading…

  • LETTERS TO OUR MAMIS Y PAPIS: LOVE FOR QUEER MENTORS [by Christopher Soto & friends]

    April 22, 2015

      I wanted to do a fun / campy post where some of my queer poet friends could celebrate the people who have helped them develop as writers and humans. (Where we could celebrate…

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