Dunya Mikhail — Eva Whose Shadow Is a Swan

Dunya Mikhail — Eva Whose Shadow Is a Swan

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Armen Davoudian — Coming Out of the Shower

In Armen Davoudian’s casually intimate poem “Coming Out of the Shower”, mother and son perform their morning routines in the small, shared space of their household’s only bathroom. She chats and puts on her makeup, while he showers and uses her shampoo and robe — oh what rhythm, ...  Show more

Orlando Ricardo Menes — Grace

Some religions and some people have very specific ideas about “grace”, and that includes poet Orlando Ricardo Menes. In the carefully constructed “Grace”, he manages to both demystify and remystify what grace is, leaving us with the possibility that at any moment or no moment it ...  Show more

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