by JL Jacobs | Jul 24, 2017 | Fiction
Art: Susanne Knapp DEAR NANCY DREW It’s me. Your newest author. I’m here to tell you it’s time. To come out. Of the closet you’ve spent decades in. It must be getting old. How long is Girl George willing to wait? Or is Bess the one? Whatever. Anything is...
by JL Jacobs | Jul 24, 2017 | Fiction, Goncalves
Art: “Alexandrina Mask” by André Gonçalves A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AS SEEN THROUGH MY EYES Tolstoy wept while listening to the andante cantabile of Tchaikovsky’s first string quartet. I, on the other hand, wondered what kind of hair...
by JL Jacobs | Jul 24, 2017 | Poetry
Art: Maximilian Rau THE ACCIDENT Didn’t you see me coming? No, I didn’t. The adrenalin pumping through our wild and open veins the body quick to take care of itself the mind left on its own. No, I didn’t see you coming, going through the light to make my turn leaving...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 29, 2017 | Poetry
Art: “Heavy Rain” by Joe Papagoda FIELD NOTES Winter morning. The living room. My daughter, home for a couple of weeks. Me, full of unspoken questions about her life elsewhere. Suddenly, we hear something slam into the picture window. My daughter rushes...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 29, 2017 | Poetry
Art: “The Blue Rigi, Sunrise 1842” by J. M. W. Turner TURNER IN HIS STUDIO Imagine his effort to be present, the years he spent training hand and eye to the qualia. How many times and with what determination did he tear himself from warm beds, grab...
