All Fours and Female Aging As It Relates To Losing Power Over Men But Gaining a Newfound Power (and Freedom) From Becoming “Invisible”

“Seems to me we’re on all fours/Crawling on our knees someone help us please.”Lily Allen, “Everything’s Just Wonderful,” 2006 “What, I’m going to say I like it? No, I don’t. Any woman who is honest will say it’s not as much fun.”-Cher on getting older Usually, when it comes to Miranda July’s work (whether literature or film), there is a tendency for her to disappoint … Continue reading All Fours and Female Aging As It Relates To Losing Power Over Men But Gaining a Newfound Power (and Freedom) From Becoming “Invisible”

Genna RivieccioAugust 29, 2024August 30, 2024Leave a comment

Poetry

Everyone Loves the Zoo by Charlie Robert

Tigers.Doing Time.Lockdown.Drop A Dime.Red MeatIn The Cage.Your LifeAs A Sage.TeethAnd Claw.Your LifeAt The Rage.Rhino.On The Horn.Spam.Porn.PeopleHurlingCandy Corn.Snakes.On The Make.On The Take.Schemers.Day Dreamers.Day Drinkers.Head Shrinkers.EveryoneLoves The Zoo.Salted Nuts.Ciggy Butts.Monkeys.Flinging Shit.Missing Spouse.Lion House. Hope We All Get Hit. Continue reading Everyone Loves the Zoo by Charlie Robert

Genna RivieccioAugust 26, 2024Leave a comment

Prose Poetry

Bicentennial Man by Alex Osman

1976, I was living with this woman who let me live with her for free, if I worked as a sort of maintenance man. I’d have to crawl under her house and get rid of the animals who dragged themselves under there to die. In the winter, I’d be under there relighting the pilot light, after the pipes froze. I could hear her screaming through … Continue reading Bicentennial Man by Alex Osman

Genna RivieccioAugust 24, 2024Leave a comment

Poetry

Blood Lines by Floyd Humphrey

What is seen and lived by children mark them throughout their lives.The anxieties and worries never leave,they become multiplied, clouding their vision, clouding and impairing their judgement,preventing them from breaking free from the difficult thoughts inside their head. When it is their turn to face these problems,panic and fear overwhelm them.They hate themselves, they hate their lives,they even hate those they are meant to love.Looking in the mirror … Continue reading Blood Lines by Floyd Humphrey

Genna RivieccioAugust 14, 2024Leave a comment

Poetry

Love Sonnet: XVII Revised by Dale Champlin

after Pablo Neruda I love you the way I love Fritos, grape jam, and bling— the way a bonfire spits sparks into a sky scorched with stars. I love you as much as a full tank of gas—through switchbacks,and wisecracks—window rolled down so everyone can see. I love you secretly, between my plush and my pit—the way my mother loved her Persian Melon lipstickin the 60s—the way it … Continue reading Love Sonnet: XVII Revised by Dale Champlin

Genna RivieccioAugust 9, 20241 Comment

Poetry

Song of the Winged Witch of the Forest by Mary Birnbaum

No moon, but the air hums clear,a tuning fork. Pines hush green strings,oaks vibrate into frozen roots.My head spirals, a bush sighs,paws pad through gentle snow.I note fox, weasel, lynx.I map prey they’ve missed,a squeak, a scuttle, susurrusin buried leaves. I flex talons,I rise from the hollow, hungeringfor a heartbeat in shadow. Continue reading Song of the Winged Witch of the Forest by Mary Birnbaum

Genna RivieccioAugust 6, 2024August 6, 2024Leave a comment

Poetry

There’s A Party on Witch Meadow Road by Charlie Robert

Snow.Wipers.Blow. Vipers.Watch Out ForYesterday’s Snipers.There’s A WolfAt The Door. With A BladeAt His Neck.There’s The TiredAnd The Poor.Blank Check.Lots Of LikesLucky StrikesKeep Your Head In The Game.Downshift.Blue Flame.Party Room.Blow Your Top.Mount Doom.Lollipop.Dead Aunts.On Parade.Your Pants.Gatorade.Your Chance.Passed You By.Kind Words.Lullaby.You’re Making Us Cry SoDon’t ForgetTo Have Your Fun.Don’t Forget Your Killer Gun.Don’t Forget Tupac Your Load.Don’t Forget.They Changed The Code.There’s A Party On Witch Meadow Road.Bring Your Jack.Love Shack. Continue reading There’s A Party on Witch Meadow Road by Charlie Robert

Genna RivieccioAugust 5, 2024Leave a comment

Essay

The Plight of Q Is Something Artists Who Keep Going Despite No Positive Reinforcement (Critically or Financially) Can Relate To

In the first episode of Julio Torres’ HBO series, Fantasmas, one of the many digressions in the “A” (letter pun intended) plotline arrives in the form of Julio’s alphabet story. Specifically, a story about Q. He explains to Chester (Tomas Matos), his “Chester” driver (instead of Uber), Amina (Eudora Peterson), a teacher riding in the Chester cab, and Vanesja (Martine), a performance artist performing as … Continue reading The Plight of Q Is Something Artists Who Keep Going Despite No Positive Reinforcement (Critically or Financially) Can Relate To

Genna RivieccioAugust 4, 2024August 4, 2024Leave a comment