fiction/poetry/essays/politics
Henry, Villa St. Cyril, February 1977
by Peter Orner
Tea Before Couple's Therapy
By Charlie Anders
Flight from Detroit
by Gary Beck
Big Boulder
by Julia LaSalle
Gravity
By June Michaels
One Year
By Mary June Brown
Your Places
By Jennifer Berney
Consumed
By Matt Maxwell
No Apple Pie NI Empanadas Here
by Alfie Casaus Salazar
Uncle Wrinkles
By Peter Cunniffe
Magic Crow
by Ann Gonzalez
Redemption
by Nahid Rachlin
The Previous Adventures of Popeye the Sailor
by Jim Ruland
La Chata
by Diane Lefer
Friday Night Communion under a Mirrored Ceiling
by James R. Whitley
Liebestraum
by James R. Whitley
The Parade's Gone By
by Jon Ballard
Bill of Goods
by Jon Ballard
Hiking Besides Fireplugs
by Claudia Grinnell
Nested
by EV. Noechel
Anaphora
by Kim Clark
Jameson Street Blues (1)
by Randolph Bridgeman
Or Perish
by F. J. Bergmann
Creed
by F. J. Bergmann
GPS
by Andrea Fitzpatrick
Open Heart Surgery
by Eric Weinstein
Sea Glass
by Eric Weinstein
Looking for Cottonwoods
by Linda Rodriguez
Bees in Thin Hours
by Nanette Rayman Rivera
Butterflies
by Nanette Rayman Rivera
Glass No. 11
by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Glass No. 13
by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Glass No. 14
by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
A blatant rip-off; a cure for writer's block
by Nathan Murphy
from The Book of Motion (2003):
Pseudoephedrine
by Tung-Hui Hu
from Mine (2007):
A Season of Coal
by Tung-Hui Hu
Answering Ezekiel
by Kevin Vaughn
Opportunity of a Lifetime
by Steve Almond
Beaten and Driven: The Cruel Paradox of Jan Kerouac
by Shauna Rogan
Himself Deposed
by Arthur Saltzman
¡Ay, Qué Làstima!
By Linda Rodriguez
Nintendolls: I Was a Comandante in the Video Game Revolution
by Sheyene Foster Heller
Pursuing Mediocrity
by Steve Heller
Arbitrator says Tribune sale of Advocate violated union contract
An arbitrator has ruled that Tribune Co.'s sale of The Advocate of Stamford to Gannett Co. violated a union contract by failing to require Gannett to honor newsroom employees' collective bargaining agreement. The newsroom employees are members of Local 2110 of the UAW. Read more here.
National Labor Relations Board Issues Complaints Against Starbucks for Union - Busting
Starbucks, a company whose 2006 annual report touts its progressive values and "great work environment" where everyone "treat(s) each other with respect and dignity" has been firing and intimidating workers seeking to form unions at a number of their New York City locations. The union seeking to organize these workers, the IWW, filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing Starbucks of violating federal labor laws. The NLRB upheld these workers' charges and has filed complaints against Starbucks, ordering the company to re-hire the fired workers. Read more here.