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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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My Chili Tastes Like Failure and Death

“Grocery Shopping,” a graphic narrative by Amy Chu

Sep 11 - Amy Chu
Graphic Narrative

Hope Is a Wrecking Ball

Two poems by Sarah Carson

Sep 4 - Sarah Carson
poetry

I’ve Been Diagnosed With Blackness

Two poems from 2000 BLACKS by Ajibola Tolase, winner of the 2024 Cave Canem Prize

Aug 28 - Ajibola Tolase
poetry

Redfin, Show Me a Renovated Version of Myself

"In Grover Cleveland's Childhood Home," flash fiction by Sari Fordham

Aug 21 - Sari Fordham
Prose

The Unspeakable Cruelty of the Left Hand

Two poems by Zen Ren

Aug 14 - Zen Ren
poetry

My Mugger Chose the Most Interesting Knife!

“So Much to Know,” flash fiction by Karen Heuler

Aug 7 - Karen Heuler
Prose

Which Hedge Fund Owns the Sea?

Two poems from THE MURMURING GRIEF OF THE AMERICAS by Daniel Borzutzky

Jul 31 - Daniel Borzutzky
poetry

God Only Exists in Hell, Michigan

Two poems by Jordan Hamel

Jul 24 - Jordan Hamel
poetry

Please Delete All Memories Where I’m Not a Boy

“Show Me,” flash fiction by Susan Perabo

Jul 17 - Susan Perabo
Prose
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