by Raymond Carver
A few minutes ago, I stepped onto the deck
of the house. From there I could see and hear the water,
and everything that’s happened to me all these years.
It was hot and still. The tide was out.
No birds sang. As I leaned against the railing
a cobweb touched my forehead.
It caught in my hair. No one can blame me that I turned
and went inside. There was no wind. …
Lawrence Allen gets part of the credit for bringing kisses to China – the chocolate kind. After several years working in Taiwan and Hong Kong on behalf of familiar brands …
John C. Hulsman is the Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar in Residence at the German Council on Foreign Relations. Hulsman, a regular commentator and writer on Middle East and transatlantic affairs, …
Stuart Dischell
The cities were anonymous
The problems generic
And the people who lived
Out their lives did nothing
Remarkable. Most were
Afraid. They ate and drank.
They had babies or …
by Matthea Harvey
Technically, “lonely me” was a tautology.
No one had ever stuffed carnations
in my tailpipe or planted a symbolic
lipsticked kill on the swingdoor
to my kitchen. When …
On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip was published. Penned by Charles “Sparky” Schulz, the first strip foreshadowed all the strange, sad ordinariness that would come: two children …
