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July-August 2025 Issue

July-August 2025 Issue

Gates and Fences

A Photo Essay by Carl H. Deal In Scripture, gates are more than architectural elements—they are deeply symbolic of spiritual realities. They represent access points,...
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POETRY: Of Two Minds

By Peter Mladinic He’s looking forward to death.I’m not looking forward to death.I’m looking forward to deathabout as much as I’m looking forwardto opening a...
July-August 2025 Issue

MUSIC REVIEW: James McMurtry

By Diana Finlay Hendricks THE BLACK DOG AND THE WANDERING BOYJames McMurtryNew West Records Rolling Stone calls James McMurtry “one of America’s greatest living songwriters.” When...
July-August 2025 Issue

Recommended New Music – July/August 2025

Click on each cover pic to watch a video or hear an audio cut. Various ArtistsA Tribute to the King of ZydecoTo celebrate zydeco legend...
July-August 2025 Issue

POETRY: Wild West Showdown of a Black Woman

By Traci Neal Life has been a wild west.Seen dry times- desertswith cactuses pricking mybody. Felt snake bites. I got bit a time or two,but I...
July-August 2025 Issue

BOOK REVIEW: Gemma Somerset, by Jill McCroskey Coupe

GEMMA SOMMERSETJill McCroskey CoupeRootstock Publishing334 pages Gemma Sommerset, by Jill Coupe, introduces the title character at the time of her fourteenth birthday. She’s a good...
July-August 2025 Issue

BACKLIST TREASURES: Chinaberry Sidewalks, by Rodney Crowell

Backlist Treasures: Worthy reads from a little while back, newly out in paperback, found dirt-cheap online or at used bookstores or recommended at lunch...
July-August 2025 Issue

Recommended New Books – July/August 2025

Click each cover pic to order it, read more about it or visit the author’s website. To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans,...
July-August 2025 Issue

FICTION: Daily Bread

By Travis Cohen There is a ratcheting of hinges loaded down with a thick pane of glass that’s not quite bulletproof. You hear the way...
July-August 2025 Issue

FICTION: Life During Wartime

By Neil Crabtree Life During Wartime Neil Crabtree My neighbor Skylar is a Florida cracker from way back, descendant of a long line of rednecks on both...

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