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The Commuter

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

My Skeleton Thinks It’s Better Off Alone

“Debone,” flash fiction by Caitlin Campbell

Apr 1 - Caitlin Campbell
Prose

I May Be a Snake But I’ll Never Become Your Purse

Three anagram poems by Jia-Rui Cook

Mar 25 - Jia-Rui Cook
poetry

Ask Your Doctor If Drinking Me Is Right for You

“Spinal Tap,” flash fiction by Angela Liu

Mar 18 - Angela Liu
Prose
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I May Be a Snake But I’ll Never Become Your Purse

Mar 25 - Jia-Rui Cook

Bones in Birds, Weakness in Poetry, Murder in Kansas

May 8 - Taylor Gorman

Strangeness on a Train

May 1 - Robert Lopez

Five Poems, by Jeff Whitney

Apr 10 - Jeff Whitney
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You Look Like a Skoo and You Smell Like One, Too

"Skoo," a love story by Sandra Newman

Jan 17 - Sandra Newman
Prose

In America, I Am Whole Wheat Bread

Two poems by Esteban Ismael

Jan 10 - Esteban Ismael
poetry

I’m in Love with My Ex’s Absence

"The Space," flash fiction by Christopher Boucher

Jan 3 - Christopher Boucher
Prose shadows of two people making a heart with their hands

Grandmother Knows All the Devil’s Pressure Points

Two poems by Ivy Raff

Dec 20 - Ivy Raff
poetry

I Turned My Lover Into a McRib

"The McDonald's Boyfriend," flash fiction by Tom Kelly

Dec 13 - Tom Kelly
Prose

The Moon Has Always Been an Alien

Two poems by Hussain Ahmed

Dec 6 - Hussain Ahmed
poetry

You Can’t Unsubscribe From Grief

"Replying All on the Death Announcement Email," creative nonfiction by Jenessa Abrams

Nov 29 - Jenessa Abrams
Prose

This American Dream Tastes Like Government Cheese

Two poems by Christopher Ankney

Nov 22 - Christopher Ankney
poetry

My Spite Could Fill a Museum

Three poems by Maya Jewell Zeller

Nov 15 - Maya Jewell Zeller
poetry
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