The Opiate Books Presents Lindsay Lohan Stole My Life: A Satire of the 00s

The book that was too hot to handle in Hollywood and all other mainstream locales (basically just leaving Italy, where scandal is sacrosanct and nobody reads anyway). Find out the truth about the 00s and the butterfly effect of Lindsay Lohan not only on our current Kardashian-Jenner driven culture, but on ex-socialite and underdog Tate Carmichael. Buy a tangible copy online at Bookshop.org here. Or … Continue reading The Opiate Books Presents Lindsay Lohan Stole My Life: A Satire of the 00s

Genna RivieccioJuly 1, 2019December 16, 2020Leave a comment

Poetry

Work Product by Eric Rawson

All words or ideas that occur on the clock or off the clock on the premises are ours. Holiday greetings, well-wishes, expression of dreams or daydreams, finger strokes and eye movements—ours. We will pay you for whatever it is you do, but be advised that whatever you think you do is not what you do. Continue reading Work Product by Eric Rawson

Genna RivieccioJanuary 17, 2021Leave a comment

Poetry

Rewind by Soulrac

As I struggle to put on my glassesI’m an ageless wonder who moves like molassesMy hair is disheveled so I comb every fiber back in orderTo create an image of togethernessMy clothes are simple and fashion isn’t my focusMy favorite tv shows are re-runsMy shoes are slippers because it hurts too much to bend over to tie my sneakersI slowly move to the reclinerI sit … Continue reading Rewind by Soulrac

Genna RivieccioJanuary 13, 2021Leave a comment

Poetry

Pizza Man by John C. Mannone

When not studyingfor exams from expensive books,he guards the oak wood flamethat tempers the brick hearthwalls, its smooth stone floor—soot scraped away. He thinks of Robert Frost, his simple poemswhile tossing the pliable dough,shapes it to fit a circular pallet,brushes with a branch of rosemarydipped in garlic-infused olive oiluntil it glistens in kitchen light. He spreads a dollop of red sauceall over, before slices of … Continue reading Pizza Man by John C. Mannone

Genna RivieccioJanuary 10, 20211 Comment

Poetry

Morality by Dale Champlin

Remember that I am your creature… —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Scarlet-lipped, magnetic, full blown and unmothered,I am the blank page my maker writes on. I was a beautiful unblemished creature. Clean as a crow-picked bone,pure as virgin milk and batter before eggs are added, bright as an albino fawn, an ivory tusk before it’s hacked,a lampshade, Elmer’s glue … Continue reading Morality by Dale Champlin

Genna RivieccioJanuary 6, 2021January 6, 20211 Comment

Criticism

No One Asked For This (Until They Fucking Well Asked For It)

Is writing a book about feeling guilty for how much privilege you have arguably the most privileged thing a “writer” can do? Probably. And right down to the title, Cazzie David has a “please don’t hate me” aura that drips off the pages like saccharine ooze disguised as sarcasm and malcontentedness. Considering David’s claims that she’s already thought the worst possible things about herself over … Continue reading No One Asked For This (Until They Fucking Well Asked For It)

Genna RivieccioJanuary 5, 2021January 6, 2021Leave a comment

Poetry

Absence Makes the Heart by Ron Kolm

Gertrude SteinWas known to drinkFrom time to timeA tall glassOf sparkling waterBecause there wasNo thereThere. Continue reading Absence Makes the Heart by Ron Kolm

Genna RivieccioJanuary 4, 20212 Comments

Poetry

Dared Eagle by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

For the New Year I steel anger from the gods, fetch itto anneal with scorn, contrive thunder to punish, rain ignore,exchange fury flake by flake snowbound burn intemperate fire from the cold at heart. Abhorrent holiday when festivity omits its cause, breaks tradition like stale bread promises, toys, possessions,precious gifts to retain in mind and hand — all let go … finding death last question birth first answer. Unweaned from most- alien, human- seemingrelation, excepting … Continue reading Dared Eagle by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

Genna RivieccioJanuary 1, 2021Leave a comment

Fiction

I’ve Got My Problems by Max DeVoe Talley

I’ve lived in this coastal town north of Los Angeles for years, because everything moves slow. I can be lazy as shit and still stay ahead of the game. Decades kind of blur into each other here. Half the people are either retired or not working, so it’s easy for a gig economy guy like me to fit right in. Five years ago an ex-girlfriend … Continue reading I’ve Got My Problems by Max DeVoe Talley

Genna RivieccioDecember 30, 20201 Comment

Poetry

In My America by Imogen Arate

In my America The Constitution is a false advertisement Our entitlement to its guarantees Are dealt in measure by the contrast Between our skin color And the Bible upon which We lay our hands for entrance An invisible cardboard Uncle Sam That puts his hand up to his eyeballs Tells me with a speech bubble that “You have to be this rich To get on this ride” And I am constantly told That I don’t qualify By the well-meaning … Continue reading In My America by Imogen Arate

Genna RivieccioDecember 28, 2020Leave a comment

Poetry

Dormant by Serena Piccoli

the door is ajar I shut it to let you finally sleepwhile I behind it am swinging alongwith your dormant stag Continue reading Dormant by Serena Piccoli

Genna RivieccioDecember 26, 2020Leave a comment