Monthly Archive for: ‘July, 2024’

‘The slow swirl of a creek at dusk’
By MLJ
on July 2, 2024

‘The slow swirl of a creek at dusk’

Here are some poems from the first half of 2024 that shone a light on a diversity of subjects for me in their examination of grief, impermanence, environmental destruction and more. ‘Given to Rust’ by Vievee Francis Still, I did once like my voice, the way it moved / through the gap in my teeth

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Stories that probe the mysteries of existence
By MLJ
on July 1, 2024

Stories that probe the mysteries of existence

These short stories interrogate the mysteriousness of human life and relationships and they’re some of the best stories I read in the first half of 2024. ‘Sky Bar’ by Katherine Heiny In ‘Sky Bar’ from Katherine Heiny’s collection Games and Rituals we meet Fawn and discover there is nothing left for her in her home

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