The Resolution Issue

The only tragedy, they said, is life, and that is more than enough. Artwork by Evan Eisel.
What Would It Mean to Walk Away from America? The narrative structure of imprisonment provides an alibi for citizenship. Read more.
Closed In We learn the art of self-sabotage from a world that tells us it’s in our best interest to be hard-edged and alone.
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How to Break up with Someone You Love: A User's Guide

by Matt Casciano

Serotonin Diaries

The Grapevine Telegraph by Tom Allen

Winter Tale

"To return, /to the ground on which we lie/ contemplating the non-existence of the difference/ between the burning and the burned"

Listen to DJ Jay Simon’s Mix “Spirit” “To create a memory for someone is more important to me than making them dance.”

Homework Please finish the following assignments by May 15.

The Grapevine Telegraph by Lotta Thießen

Fell through a distance in the game

“you are pieces of fallen flesh/ runes that indicate a novel perception/ of evidence as rotten meaning”

The Grapevine Telegraph by Jocine Velasco

Out Here Tonite and Living Will

“The rich may never have owned taste/ Yet we still stole that back from them”

The Grapevine Telegraph by Kai Cherot

Harrington Pl, Mrs. June, and Untitled

“At the bleeding creek/ my back was to be loved by/ the bark of a sycamore tree.”

Letters by Matt Casciano

Anti-Anti-Everything

We would like to be resolute. To cut apart, loosen, and break the negativity of our situation. In essence, we are ready to believe again, but without all of the bullshit.

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