Shucking Your Husk

An analysis of the continuing life and works of Craig Muderlak by Kyle McAfee I Can’t Agree While typing I’m listening to Shake it Off by Mariah Carey.  I know, to get into the mindset needed to write this piece, I should put on some of Craig Muderlak’s tracks. But before I close Pandora and visit Muderlak’s myspace page I am struck by a connection between Miss Carey’s song and Craig’s work. While Muderlak’s content is not love-specific,... Read More

Tethered to Freedom

by Caroline McCarty An aerial dancer makes her presence known in Caras Park at the 2009 Pedal Festival in Missoula Montana.   Sometimes being tethered to something allows you to be free. Do you have a tether?  Read More

A Horrible Love Story

by Austin Valley photo by Sam Kulla A horrible feeling troubles James as he gangles home from the bars. He wasnʼt fully aware he possessed this feeling until a few days back but now that he has it, he canʼt shake it. Not even a little. This awareness did not check in as a grand epiphany. It did not strike him on the crown or slap him in the teeth. It bubbled up as a rot from his gut and clings to his heart like a diligent sap. He carries it home under trees and down alleys. The... Read More

Where Is Bohemia?

poem by Anthony Frisina with photograph by Juliette Paige Viera Where Is Bohemia? You are the city of angels, delicate, soft messengers of god. If you don’t proclaim truth, beauty, freedom and love, then where am I going to find it? If I’m sounding blunt, sans the poetic rhythms that generally sway poems, it’s for a due reason. I’ve smoked my mind completely numb =0 A pretending I’m a pillar of strength when all I want to do is run naked down the promenade screaming... Read More