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  • Winter Solstice Time (by Jenny Factor)

    December 21, 2012

    Henry David Thoreau, while barely catapulting out of his own 20's, was nevertheless ready to dispense valuable advice on creativity and the energy necessary to sustain a life of purposeful alertness. Here he is…

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  • Alphabet Soup [by Tomás Q. Morín]

    December 21, 2012

    My first memory of the alphabet is seeing the letters—they were about the size of a mug—printed on one of those long pieces of posterboard that is meant to rest above the blackboard. I…

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  • Happy New Year all year long, from Bloof

    December 20, 2012

    New Release BundleOur two newest releases, together. $20 + shipping $14.00 + free shipping Chapbook Subscription*All 6 chapbooks from our 2012 Open Reading Period. $45 + shipping $35 + free shipping The Whole Shebang Subscription* **All 4 books…

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  • Gabriel Received the Flan and Warm Smiles [by Stacey Harwood]

    December 20, 2012

    Dear Howard:  one shd. Never attempt FLAN in an unfamiliar and very bad oven – so forgive me if these are full of the unforgivable holes .. .I do hope you’re feeling better –…

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  • Voltron [by Tomás Q. Morín]

    December 20, 2012

    It was August and I was on my way to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference for the first time. For some reason I don’t remember (bad weather, a loose screw), my plane from La…

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  • The Year in Review: Easter, and the Christians are at it again, raising the dead. By Jill Alexander Essbaum (April 6, 2012)

    December 19, 2012

       If you see me in church this weekend, I’ll be crying. Wait.  Scratch that.  I’ll be weeping. Hmm.  No.  That’s not right either. Try:  Sobbing.  Bawling.  Engaging in a back-pew sort of break-down…

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