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July-August 2025 Issue
Recommended New Music – July/August 2025
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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
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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...
July-August 2025 Issue
FICTION: The 4th of July
By L. J. Gouveia
I was one of the few passengers who actually wanted to stay at the Newark airport bar, gladly pounding $28 margaritas....