by JL Jacobs | Dec 9, 2020 | Art, Poetry
Art: Tree Out the Window by Christopher Woods I was, You Were I was a stalwart fishing pier, jutting into tranquil sea; you were a fractious ocean storm, roiling over me, salty as a pickling brine but twice as savory. I was a hulking backyard fire burning up debris;...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 28, 2020 | Art, Poetry
Art: Where the Clouds Meet the Mountain by Louis Fiorucci Li Bai translations by Yun Wang Li Bai (701–762), or “Li Po”, known as the Exiled Immortal, is the most celebrated and beloved poet in Chinese history. These poems are from Yun Wang’s Chinese/English...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 9, 2020 | Art Feature, Interview
Art: The Two Eves by Marthe Aponte Beauty under the SkinThe artwork of Marthe Aponte by Toti O’Brien Artist Marthe Aponte creates magical work in “picoté,” a rare and old technique, dating back to the thirteenth century, which allows all sorts of designs by...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 15, 2020 | Fiction
Underneath It All It’s November and I’m in the Costa Mesa Target perusing the wall of men’s underwear for my husband and son—Boxers? Jockeys? Gray? Blue? Plaid?—when a woman in her 40s, 50s, maybe older, approaches. She’s in loose jeans and a white V-neck T-shirt. Her...
by JL Jacobs | Dec 20, 2019 | Short Fiction
The City Song of Lucy Brown Black tires rolling. Bus almost empty. Nobody much to mind my singing – just singing a little song. Singing a little steam song about sweet fish, white rice, Marcene’s pineapple sauce. Just singing my song – don’t pay any mind,...
