Poems

My Brother as Icarus

July 22, 2010

by Andrea Scarpino

Your bones as fine as
robin wings, I thought you’d fly.
Construction paper, wax,
duct tape, leather belts bound

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Poems: Archives

So Galactic

On July 19, 2010

pink hair

by Aaron Belz

My new band name
the Macronauts really
captures the largeness
of what it’s like
to be in Los Angeles

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Shirts

On July 14, 2010

by Mark Hendrickson

Today is red-shirt day. Although I had to correct
the woman who mistook me for a sales associate,
I did so kindly and we both laughed

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Seagulls

On July 11, 2010

seagulls

by Sarah Louise Green

A gang of seagulls throw beaks into bread.

He’s been coming here to feed them

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Work equals force times distance

On July 7, 2010

bus crossing

by Brian Clements

when you walk up the stairs
and open the door to your office,
switch on the light and the heat,
and pull back your chair,

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Articles

Feuilleton
Monday, August 30, 2010
Taking Down a Mosque
Swati Pandey

Mohamed's Ghosts by Stephan Salisbury Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland by Stephan Salisbury The introduction to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Stephan Salisbury’s investigative memoir Mohamed’s Ghosts is titled “How to Take Down A Mosque.” It’s an eye-grabber for anyone who is watching closely the controversy around the Park51 Islamic community center and mosque slated to be built in Lower Manhattan.

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