Issue 53: 11 Jan 2018

Breakfast with Santa

By Abby E. Murray Santa arrives at the chemical bay on Joint Base Lewis McChord in a Stryker, 8AM sharp on Saturday, Colonel’s orders, free of charge. Santa has an Alabama twang. Santa says he’d like to make a quick announcement, his voice ringing in rented speakers that broadcast Christmas carols as well as the […]

The Wall

A Poster by Tomaso Marcolla   Tomaso Marcolla was born in 1964, in Trento, Italy, where he currently lives and creates. Graduated from the Art Institute of Trento, he began work as a graphic designer in 1985. He began to experiment his passion for art with watercolors, “applying them on non-traditional backgrounds, from Japanese paper to […]

Evidence-Based

A Poem Against Tyranny   By Margarita Engle When words are banned by a president who imagines that limiting language is his entitlement, all poets must use our vulnerable freedom of speech before we lose it the way transgender people can lose rights, the White House has lost diversity, and any fetus might lose hope […]

A Modest Proposal

By Dina Honour   From Business Day: A big name greeting card company today announced a launch date for its highly anticipated new range of greeting cards. The Second to None cards were designed in response to the increase of gun-related casualties, and specifically targets consumers looking for a way to reach out to friends or relatives affected by gun-violence. […]