Special FeaturerbdOlatunde Osinaike, special feature, poetry

Olatunde Osinaike: Nicknames for My G.P.A.

Special FeaturerbdOlatunde Osinaike, special feature, poetry
Olatunde Osinaike: Nicknames for My G.P.A.
Robert Lamb

Robert Lamb

nicknames for my g.p.a.

 

damn.

breaking bad 

royal toilet flush

tic-tac-toe match in the margins 

numbed handshake from Deebo on Friday

truce between work ethic and “I meeeaaaan”

sorry, you have the wrong number

blinking yellow light

now worse

now sacrifice

paper doorknob

“what’s on your mind?”

question from family feud

staleface stuck on stage five

late check in flight to the Caribbean

(can somebody make a quicksand emoji)

unscratched lottery ticket skating along sidewalk

stop on Soul Train line at teacher’s desk

origami love letter from Eustace

grade-A helium balloon

pair of dice

paradise

Olatunde Osinaike is an Nigerian-American poet and software developer originally from the West Side of Chicago. He is based in Nashville and is currently working on publishing his first chapbook. 

Special FeaturerbdSam Preminger, special feature, poetry

Sam Preminger: An Aubade Is an Awful Ocean

Sam Preminger is a New York native with restless and wandering feet. Previously his meanderings have led him through deserts, jungles, cities, and seas, and soon he means to make an extended expedition west. His poetry and short stories can be found in Gandy Dancer, The Blue Route, and Neon Magazine as well as on his author’s site [hiswistfulthinking]. He enjoys oversleeping, late night curries, and moth-watching.

Special FeaturerbdSam Preminger, special feature, poetry
Sam Preminger: An Aubade Is an Awful Ocean
Special FeaturerbdCatie Hannigan, poetry, special feature

Catie Hannigan: Endlessly into Nowhere

Catie Hannigan is a poet and visual artist from Maine. Her first chapbook, What Once Was There Is The Most Beautiful Thing, was published by DIAGRAM / New Michigan Press in 2015. Her second chapbook, Water Fragments, is a poetic essay on water and islands, and is forthcoming from Tammy Journal in 2017. She received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. More work can be found at www.catiehannigan.com.

Special FeaturerbdCatie Hannigan, poetry, special feature
Catie Hannigan: Endlessly into Nowhere
Special FeaturerbdAshley Bethard, poetry, special feature

Ashley Bethard: Make You Forget

Ashley Bethard’s writing has been published in The Rumpus, PANK Magazine, Hobart, Fanzine and others. She is the 2017 recipient of the Ohioana Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, and her winning essay “Of Blood” was published in the Fall 2017 issue of Ohioana Quarterly. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Ashland University. Currently she lives in Dayton, Ohio, where she’s working on her first book. She works in digital media, and was named to the Newspaper Association of America's "30 Under 30" list in 2016. Find her online at @ashleybethard and ashleybethard.com.  

Special FeaturerbdAshley Bethard, poetry, special feature
Ashley Bethard: Make You Forget
Special Featurerbdpoetry, special feature, Kyle Valentine

Kyle Valentine: It Is You

Kyle Valentine is the recipient of a Fulbright, and he is currently working on his first chapbook, Glossolalia. His work has recently been published in Whiskey Island, Visitant, Rock & Sling, Construction, and elsewhere. A native New Orleanian, he currently resides in San Antonio, TX where he plays lead guitar in the rock & roll band The Holy Knives. You can check out their music and follow their tours at www.theholyknives.com


Special Featurerbdpoetry, special feature, Kyle Valentine
Kyle Valentine: It Is You