Girls on a Train, 2024. Oil on linen panel. 20x25 cm. Mollie Douthit.
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Watershed
I imagine March 16, 1991 when ticker tape / announced hers first & last; that I began the reluctant task of dispensing the / surprise of death into my fifteen-year-old imagination.
This Is My Face When You Won’t Stop Talking
I let go of the handle and slowly turned my head back at Pedro, to find thick melancholy already pouring out of his mouth in the form of a teenage love tale. What kind of person would interrupt a poor creature like this?
Like Mother
I will cook, clean, catch a bullet, and bring down the moon with more ease than I would hug Mother and tell her I love her. She must know that I do, right?
News from the Neighborhood
After all, the block’s a mix of old / and new and you never know what will return.
Sugartown
When they heard her idea, the others had all lobbied to go to a casino instead, to Vegas or maybe Reno, but Glory reminded them she needed to stay within a forty-minute drive of the hospital, so they grudgingly gave in to her choice.
A Poet Asks a Painter
I think it is crucial to my work that I see the joyful moments I have experienced during such a trying time. I believe my work often holds a bittersweet quality, but the paintings are nearly always about the good things in my life.
About Shenandoah
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Recent Blog posts from the Peak
Small Town Dispatches: Matthew Vollmer
Special Features Editor Nadeen Kharputly chats with Shenandoah contributor Matthew Vollmer about what it’s like to live in his small town of Blacksburg, Virginia.
Excavating and Deconstructing: An Interview with Shah Tazrian Ashrafi
The short story “Camp” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi, appears in volume 74.1-2, our 75th anniversary issue, and explores the dystopian world of a mother who has lost her daughter in an accident. “Camp” is a place where parents who have lost their children can go and find a child to replace the one who has died. The story explores many facets of grief, and we talked to Shah about where the idea for the story came from, the power of a good dystopia, and his literary mentors.
Writing as an Organ of Accessibility: An Interview with Rob Macaisa Colgate
Contributor Rob Macaisa Colgate highlights the significance of collection, reflection, and accessibility to the process of creating their debut. Rob’s poem “The Body Is Not An Apology Except For Mine Sometimes” appears in issue 74.1-2.