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The Commuter

Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.

Ask Your Doctor If Drinking Me Is Right for You

“Spinal Tap,” flash fiction by Angela Liu

Mar 18 - Angela Liu
Prose

Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp

Three poems by Troy Osaki

Mar 11 - Troy Osaki
poetry

My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence

“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo

Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
Graphic Narrative
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Ask Your Doctor If Drinking Me Is Right for You

Mar 18 - Angela Liu

Father’s Gone and So Is His Arm

Sep 27 - Lydia Davis

Instructions for How to Walk Through Walls

Nov 21 - Marco Maisto

POETRY: Sinkhole & The Drowning by Heather Altfeld

Jan 12 - Heather Altfeld
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Darling, I Always Leave a Mark

Two poems by Ali Shapiro

Jul 10 - Ali Shapiro
poetry

The Night the World Melted Away

“When Fire Owns the Air,” flash fiction by Tochukwu Okafor

Jul 3 - Tochukwu Okafor
Prose

David Foster Wallace Rides the Amtrak 79 Carolinian

Flash fiction by Rebecca Saltzman

Jun 26 - Rebecca Saltzman
Prose

The Space Between Pika and Chu

Two poems by Ty Raso

Jun 19 - Ty Raso
poetry

He’s a Scammer But Our Love Is Worth It

"The Eclipse," a short story by Felipe Franco Munhoz, translated by James Young

Jun 12 - Felipe Franco Munhoz
Prose

When Sign Language United the Hearing and the Deaf

“M.V.S.L. (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language),” graphic narrative by Kirsten Elizabeth

Jun 5 - Kirsten Elizabeth
Graphic Narrative

My Superstitions Are Your Inheritance

“What I Could Have Given” by Esther Hayes, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 29 - Esther Hayes
Prose

Taxonomy Can’t Classify My Fruiting Body

Two poems by Lauren Moseley

May 22 - Lauren Moseley
poetry

Revenge of the Mall Escalators

“Escalator Mechanic,” flash fiction by Kit Schluter

May 15 - Kit Schluter
Prose
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