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The Commuter

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

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

All’s Fair in Love and Optimus Prime

Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni

Feb 25 - Rosebud Ben-Oni
poetry
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Your Only Job Is to Ignore That Phone

Mar 22 - Hannah Gersen

Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp

Mar 11 - Troy Osaki

Instructions for How to Walk Through Walls

Nov 21 - Marco Maisto

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett
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A Home Health Aide With Feathers

"Kestrel" by J. Condra Smith, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 28 - J. Condra Smith
Prose kestrel in flight

The See-Through Heart of the Swallow

Seven tanka by Shizuka Omori, translated by Yuki Tanaka

May 21 - Shizuka Omori & Yuki Tanaka
poetry

The Yam Peel’s Reinvention Has Nothing on Mine

Two poems by Hassan A. Usman

May 14 - Hassan A. Usman
poetry

The Day the Universe Looked Up My Dress

“BAM,” flash fiction by Judyth Emanuel

May 7 - Judyth Emanuel
Prose

I’ll Always Be Your Lemon Daddy

Two poems by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

Apr 30 - Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi
poetry

How to Love a Widower

Flash creative nonfiction by Melanie Faranello

Apr 23 - Melanie Faranello
Prose

My Boyfriend Is an Affordable Sublet

“Parable of the Swiper,” a graphic narrative by Kathleen Radigan

Apr 16 - Kathleen Radigan
Graphic Narrative

Waiting to Blossom In a Family of Golden Children

“Late Bloomer,” flash fiction by Valentine Sargent

Apr 9 - Valentine Sargent
Prose

Unfortunately, This Is What the Soft Animal of Your Body Loves

A graphic narrative by Miriam Jayaratna, Amanda Lehr, and Jenny Kroik

Apr 2 - Miriam Jayaratna, Amanda Lehr, and Jenny Kroik
Graphic Narrative
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