Talking Writing Magazine

Tonnage

Poem by Samantha Grenrock

We don’t know who buries us.

Reliquiae Flyway

Poem by Mara Adamitz Scrupe

An artist of innuendo she imagines praise in her flight.

Diary in Exile

Essay by Geri Lipschultz

Have always in mind that the world is like you dream it.

Nobody Loves Rattlesnakes

Essay by Wendy Townsend

The snake had pulled himself mostly under the pallet and was peeking out, flicking the air with his tongue.

Eulogy Ending in Red

Poem by Stacey Balkun

Well, if you have lost your mind, blame Union Carbide. Blame the Atomic Bomb.

Marking Time

Essay by Esperanza Cintrón

My aunt’s attitudes reminded me of the cultural practice of senicide, abandoning the aging to die.

The Weight of Departure

Essay by Eric Stinton

I could move in any direction or be motionless, disconnected from everything—my life back in Korea, my plans to move home.

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