...Nadia Born Nadia Born To the Coast My daughter Penny woke up in the middle of the night, complaining that she was having other people s dreams. How do you know? I asked her silhouette in the doorway. She came through the dark to the bed- side, slipped against the heat of my thighs. I just know...

... threw, like pennies into a fountain. The boys dove for our coins, ducks after breadcrumbs, and swallowed them whole. ...

..., recovered from the flood, for a penny each, which they wore happily for the rest of their lives. ...

... women I want to be when I grow up: Emily, Sylvia, Charlotte, Jane, Virginia. What I mean is I want people to remember me as tragic and brilliant. I m a narcissist, but I m no different than the horses: fifteen hands high, pockets full of pennies, waiting for a child to clutch my neck. minnesota review...

... in a penny. The first cold day in September opens nothing and everything. minnesota review 100 (2023) DOI 10.1215/00265667-10320898 © 2023 Grace Q. Song 48 ...

... you! Fuck you! Shaking his shield as my sister’s piggy bank spiraled down the stairs, hailing nickels, pennies, dollar bills. His footsteps booming, rocking the house, rattling the cupboards, as the wind turned into his cigarette smoke coiling around my ears, as I...

... in the air, inside my eyes. in a tree, in a window, in a breath, jumping rope, counting pennies at a laundry, sipping pink lemonade, clicking shoes for electric bolts, drawing nonsense into the sand. minnesota review 85 (2015) DOI 10.1215/00265667-3144174  © 2015 Phim...

... by on a conveyer belt, counted out in pennies and clammy nickels; Wan sunlight across the asphalt and squashes’ lichen green are the colors you survive on while the clock’s minute hand Twitches, stuck, at 1:32. Back home, I gulp down toaster waffles and lukewarm coffee...

... in Honolulu. His work has appeared in Three Penny Review, Sycamore Review, Hawai’i Review, and elsewhere. 279 Peter Mehmel was born in the Bronx, raised in the Hudson Valley, served in the Air Force, and graduated from Keuka College. He...

... Lit, and A Bad Penny Review. When she is not writing full poems, she is writing looming half poems somewhere on the Inter- net. Or event planning. She can be found at shaunabarbosa.com. Jessica Rae Bergamino’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in CALYX, PRISM International, Fourteen Hills...

..., feeling a weird pressure and heat climb up my throat and into my mouth. It tasted like metal, a mouthful of pennies. His camera hung from a strap around his neck, bouncing on his chest with every step. I watched him pat a few people on the back, smiling wide and toothy. He looked smaller than I remembered...

..., and said, “Jenny, Jenny, won’t you come over and be my pretty penny?” She stopped crying and looked at me. And though her face had hot, wet streaks running down her cheeks and snots hanging out her nose, I couldn’t imagine anything prettier. I leaned in close to her, preparing for true love’s...

...Patrick J. Zhou [email protected] Copyright © 2024 Patrick J. Zhou 2024 My dad didn't leave his family and a government job just to bankroll two do-nothing American degrees. What was I going to do, be a pastor. He didn't work so hard—delivering pizzas to penny-tipping college...

...,” “ma’am,” “you,” and “ummm.” I have drunk cups of coffee that tasted like burned pennies. I have driven sixty-seven miles without moving the steering wheel. I have seen a foamy glob of spit floating on top of my soup. I have eaten my best meal at Applebee’s. I have stared down into the silver orb...

... than reproachful, “I’ve got a date tonight.” “Uh” —​his declaration catches you off-guard way to go?” “Normally I wouldn’t ask, but you know where I can get some E? She likes to party.” Your fear of unemployment fades, and for this you’re glad, you’ll need every penny you can get...

... was what I needed to do to become a grown-up. If I had a penny for every extra wrinkle I earned because of stupid things I did while I was drunk, I could buy us both a couple of cars.” Shelley mumbled, “I’m good.” Having her on my couch gave me a crazy swell of pride...

..., to ward off other predators. The parch- ment skull gave easily under the sixteen-penny nail, its honed point shining, and the sharp wedge of beak caved to the hammer blow. He stood back to admire his handiwork. The screen door cracked in its keeper. The pitcher in Marion’s hand was lacy with suds...

... Huffer, Penny Deutscher, David Halperin, and more. I will say that I don’t think Foucault is that vul- nerable to Agamben’s criticisms, nor is he making the same moves that Agamben makes. Watson  Agamben is so much narrower. Honig  His very broad-brush claim is that Foucault is good...