This is the kind of magazine I like: ambitious, adventurous, energetic, and packed with accomplished work by Joseph Lease, and others, but if I had to raise my hand for seconds, it would have to be for the art: eye-popping visuals abound from people like Boril Boshnakov (who he?), and Massimo Conti (ditto!). Highly recommended.

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Though it advertises itself as “Poetry and Art,” think again if you’re looking for the earth to move. This is a rather traditional production, featuring writers like Sherman Alexi and Natasha Trethewey and other MFA program darlings, or wannabes. The “art” is just as conservative. Still, a good read and worth a mention. The only things missing are the word “Review” in the title and a slick cover. I recommend that the editors remedy these oversights immediately so that this magazine can take its place among the hundreds of others just like it.

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A convincing portrait of a stripper with a high I.Q. Some very good writing.

“As I leave the Love Shack, the rain begins. I’m pretty drunk, driving very carefully in my little white minivan. I am the original wound. Biologically, I can only receive. I’m not built to intrude, only to be intruded upon. Women, we want to take. We want to take back. Biologically we can only receive. The original sparkly wound.” (Pg. 66.)

Highly recommended.

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