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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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How Clara Schumann Got Her Groove Back

“River, Love,” flash fiction by CB Anderson

May 8 - CB Anderson
Prose

Will the Real Mary Please Stand Up?

Three poems by Mary Jo Bang

May 1 - Mary Jo Bang
poetry

And You Thought the SAT Was Bad

“Oceania,” flash fiction by Alex Burchfield

Apr 24 - Alex Burchfield
Prose

You Keep My Heart In Its Cage

Two poems by Zoë Bodzas

Apr 17 - Zoë Bodzas
poetry

Broken Men On the Outskirts of Town

“Trebuchet,” flash fiction by Avitus B. Carle

Apr 10 - Avitus B. Carle
Prose

Installing Ourselves in the Memory Museum

Two poems by William Albert Pagdatoon

Apr 3 - William Albert Pagdatoon
poetry

Your Body Is a System of Caves

Three poems from THE BLUE MIMES by Sara Daniele Rivera

Mar 27 - Sara Daniele Rivera
poetry

Take Me to the Island of Escaped Parrots

Flash fiction by Maya Dobjensky

Mar 20 - Maya Dobjensky
Prose

This Is Not a Drill or Maybe It Is

Two poems by Emily Moore

Mar 13 - Emily Moore
poetry
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