Someday we’ll talk about us, but today is not that day.… more
Tag Archives: ESSAY
Four Essays
Essay by Trey RhoneI have a ritual before I get my haircut. I take off my nail polish. Earrings have to come off, too. The rainbow lanyard that hangs from my pocket must stay inside my car. Most importantly, my voice must get deeper. Queer folks aren’t as welcome in these parts. Only the manly men. Only the straight men.… more
Wild/Life
Essay by Christopher LockeTraveling Mexico has its own challenges. So why do I always want to crank the danger up to 11?… more
Footfall: Beach Slang Cheap Thrills on A Dead End Street (This-Is-A-We-Didn’t-Get-The-Covers-In-Time-For-Tour edition)
Uncategorized by Jim Warner“The Rumba Cafe is only slightly larger than my two bedroom apartment and smells like summer in Ohio… more
Footfall: Ryan Adams Love is Hell (Mobile Fidelity Edition)
Uncategorized by Jim Warner“It seems only fitting that the first record I find while crate digging after a wedding would be a double LP audiophile nervous breakdown from Ryan Adams… more
Life Stages: An Essay Based on an Interview with Khalil Abdul-Karim
Uncategorized by Sufiya Abdur-RahmanYou go to parties, you kiss girls, you try liquor, you smoke weed. You still fast during Ramadan and only then do you stick to making salat five times a day.… more
On Subtraction and Rereading
Essay by James Valvis“I was being trained like the masters of old. They did not generally have large libraries. They often had only six or seven books and from these books they learned their craft… more
Crackheads and Corn
Uncategorized by Ryan Lutz“The explosion of drugs like meth and crack in Rural America has torn away at the psyche of each and every small town… more
Plastic Cactus
Essay by Pete Stevens“Lucky came from Egypt, the land of pharaohs and Cleopatra. Now he was dead in a box in a hole in Midland, Michigan, U.S.A. … more
