by Admin | Mar 22, 2022 | MT No. 10 Articles
Stephanie A. Smith MighTy Back during the late summer of eighty-five, when I was about to leave Berkeley for good, everything was big: big hair, big eyeglasses, women’s shoulder-pads out to here mimicking the styles of the forties, and death was big in the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2022 | MT No. 10 Articles
Jane Palmer Reclamation How does it feel to walk down the street, confident no one will harm you to be in a crowded space and not scan for all possible exits to let down your guard and invite love over to stay. Fight, flight, or freeze, asks the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2022 | MT No. 10 Articles
Hilal Isler Honey I keep the tabs open, my little doorways of possibility. It’s a Tuesday here, but who cares? Certainly not anyone in this apartment, where all three of us are unemployed. I’ve fallen asleep once again to the hum and heat of my laptop warming...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2022 | MT No. 10 Articles
Thomas Rayfiel A Gift from Heaven I was raped in a toolshed. I was eight. I could have fought, but didn’t, which made me think for many years that I had asked for what happened, enjoyed it, even. The man who did this to me was our neighbor. By the time I...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2022 | MT No. 10 Articles
JCA Orchestra A Wallflower in the Amazon When The Jazz Composers Alliance was founded in 1985, its agenda included the establishment of an active public forum for the presentation of new jazz works, the creation of the JCA Orchestra, and a concert series that...