Vol. 140 · No. 1

Special Big Apple Issue

with short sto­ries by Craig Lau­rance Gid­ney and Marly Youmans


What is this
{ About }
?

A Brief History of The Big Apple

Edi­to­r­i­al · by Matthew Cheney and Eric Schaller

In which we cov­er mil­len­nia in the blink of the apple of your eye…

Black Winged Roses

Fic­tion · by Craig Lau­rance Gidney

The woman was no great beau­ty, not by a long shot…

Sung Muhheakunnuk

New York Jour­nals 1982 – 2012
Non­fic­tion · by Ron Drum­mond

For a month I worked demo­li­tion for Kar­ma Con­struc­tion Company…

A Bestiary

Art Gallery · by Bruce Dean and Tyler Dean

Said to be the thir­teenth child of an uniden­ti­fied “Moth­er Leeds”…

A Walk through Teju Cole’s OPEN CITY

Non­fic­tion · by Lavelle Porter

“And so when I began to go on evening walks last fall…”

Prospero’s Island

Fic­tion · by Marly Youmans

A flower, two or three grains of sand, and a note of song make an island…

A Fan Letter

From the Vaults · by Ezra Pound

You dirty, stink­ing and shit-smeared louses…

My Small Diary

Comix · by Delaine Der­ry Green

They turned on the TV in the break room at work…

Fruitless

Poet­ry · by Chad Woody

If you ask me, an orgy does have its opposites…

The White Orchard

Poet­ry · by Marly Youmans

Imag­ine Isaac New­ton wandering/ In the long orchard grass…

Mixed Blessings

Poet­ry · by Chad Woody

Miles away/ I find a bro­ken toy/ grin­ning on the road…

{ Revelations }

Our con­trib­u­tors share
a few of their favorite things.

{ Masthead & Copyrights }

Read them in their
exquis­ite detail.