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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

Instructions for How to Walk Through Walls

Nov 21 - Marco Maisto

POETRY: Sinkhole & The Drowning by Heather Altfeld

Jan 12 - Heather Altfeld

A Mother With Grown Children Is a Controlled Experiment

Jun 17 - Susan Leslie Moore
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Who Needs a Date When I’ve Got a Microwave

"Hinge," a poem by Xinyue Huang

Nov 13 - Xinyue Huang
poetry

One Day the Rice Cooker Won’t Live on the Floor

Two poems by Winshen Liu

Nov 6 - Winshen Liu
poetry

I’m Frighteningly Horny for My Girlfriend’s Ghost

“Fucking Ghosts!” flash fiction by Hannah Gregory

Oct 30 - Hannah Gregory
Prose

I Told My Therapist I Put the Bi In Bipolar

Two poems by Bleah Patterson

Oct 23 - Bleah Patterson
poetry

A Cruise Ship for the Disappeared

"Awaiting the Declassification of Documents at Some Point in the Near or Distant Future," flash fiction by Corey Farrenkopf

Oct 16 - Corey Farrenkopf
Prose

The Beauty and Audacity of Black Detroit

Two poems from GOOD DRESS by Brittany Rogers

Oct 9 - Brittany Rogers
poetry

Mrs. Morrison Corrects Her Obituary

A fiction debut by Taisiya Kogan

Oct 2 - Taisiya Kogan
Prose

A Three-Bedroom Victorian to Kill For

“House Hunting,” a fiction debut by Mary Heitkamp

Sep 25 - Mary Heitkamp
Prose

Dreaming About Crosstown Traffic From Prison

“The Roads,” a poem by John DiMenna

Sep 18 - John DiMenna
poetry
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