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The Commuter

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

He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall
Prose

My Horny Extra Hand Needs Boundaries

“Prayers to the God of Progress,” flash fiction by Andrew Graham Martin

Dec 17 - Andrew Graham Martin
Prose

Frida Deserved Better Than Diego’s Coconut

Two ekphrastic poems by Danilo Marin

Dec 10 - Danilo Marin
poetry
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Motherhood Made Her a Literal Dog

Jul 12 - Rachel Yoder

The NY Times Connections Destroyed Society and We’re Fine With It

Sep 24 - Pardis Parker

He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall

Secrets of a Happy Marriage

Jul 2 - Meg Pokrass
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The Humanities Building Has Lost Its Humanity

Two prose poems by Jake Levine

Oct 1 - Jake Levine
Prose

The NY Times Connections Destroyed Society and We’re Fine With It

Flash fiction by Pardis Parker

Sep 24 - Pardis Parker
Prose

My Husband’s Dream Woman Will Outlive Me

“3D-Printing the World and Other Dreams,” flash fiction by Nadia Born

Sep 17 - Nadia Born
Prose

Brandy Is My Queer Fairy Godmother

Two poems by Oak Morse

Sep 10 - Oak Morse
poetry

Friendship Is Temporary but Skin Suits Are Forever

“Spareskin,” flash fiction by Tehnuka

Sep 3 - Tehnuka
Prose

Sleeping Through It Is the Best Part

“Expensive Naps I've Taken,” a graphic narrative by Ali Solomon

Aug 27 - Ali Solomon
Graphic Narrative

Love Is Written in the Geography of My Face

Two poems by Genevieve Hudson

Aug 20 - Genevieve Hudson
poetry

This Guilt Is 100% Renewable

“The Endstate of History,” flash fiction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling

Aug 13 - Bernie Jean Schiebeling
Prose

God Is a Gator and He’s Watching Reruns

Two poems by Adele Elise Williams

Aug 6 - Adele Elise Williams
poetry
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