Forum, Spring 2025 Edition

Poetry

  • To A Tourist on a Foggy Day – Robert O’Bryan
  • 8-Ball in the Corner Pocket – Vince Gotera
  • I Thought I Could Escape – Carla S. Schick
  • Promise – Florina Petcu
  • From Atonement to Atonement: When My City was Covered in Ash – Carla S. Schick
  • Now I Have Only – Grace D’Anca
  • We Were Valentines – Grace D’Anca
  • How Not to Think of Ashes as Departure – Ariella Pinedo
  • Departures – Gloria Keeley
  • My Mother Would Have Said Poor Soul – Grace D’Anca
  • April – Siyang Chen
  • Both Sides – Eleanor McIntire
  • Tightrope – Jake Murphy
  • This Is The Wake – Joel Reber
  • [As though truths could leak through From Google’s Cloud Nimbus] – Carla S. Schick
  • awaiting – Florina Petcu
  • All I Can Do – Amber Williams
  • L’oiseau – Leqing Scott
  • Dios Mio – Amy Flores
  • Duraznos, Hormigas y Cuentos – Eryss Davis
  • Taco Family – Judethan G.
  • Panic – Téa W.
  • Reflections on Ulster – Thomas A. E. Hesketh

Fiction

  • A Last Day With Your First Love – Elise Xu
  • The Canvas – Sabrina Stone
  • Fried Chicken Folklore – JJ de Melo
  • Mythical Mammal – Lucia L.
  • Sunbeam Transit – Thomas A. E. Hesketh

Nonfiction / Interviews

  • Youth Voices from Novelly Publishing – Anna Gabriella Casalme
  • Poetry for the People: Oral History – Paul Buckley
  • The Opera In You: An Interview with Corey Rosen, Lead Facilitator – Anna Gabriella Casalme
  • The Three of Us – Monique Schmidt
  • Love at Sea – Jane R. Wilson
  • St. Dominic’s – Miriam Soto
  • Interview with Judethan G.
  • Interview with Téa W.

Visual Art

  • Bridge Tower – Danica Gittelman
  • Karl’s – Allison Smith
  • Teacher and Children – Daniel Raskin
  • Faded Grace – Suzanne Notario
  • Polarity – Camilla Henson
  • Charcoal Drawing – John Cruz-Thomas
  • Morning Glare – Allison Smith
  • Residents of the Pyreneese – Logan Layral
  • Painting Death – Karem Rodriguez
  • Capturing Attention – Nikolai Halliwell
  • Reflection – Karem Rodriguez
  • Every Moment Counts – Sterling Sam
  • Carlsbad Shore – Klyde Java
  • North & Market – Klyde Java
  • Pigeon Pride – Klyde Java
  • Butte – Ariel Liu
  • Summer Blues – Suzanne Notaro
  • Bay Boat – Klyde Java
  • Bird Call – Klyde Java
  • Moon Blur – Amber Williams
  • 3rd and Mosh Pit – Desi Peña
  • Catching Chaos – Danica Gittelman
  • Trees, Wire, Fog – Danica Gittelman
  • Street Photography in Japan – Constance Louie-Handelman
  • Fill in the Blanks Ocean Beach – Danica Gittelman
  • Crow Beach – Amber Williams
  • Freshly Baked Bread – Allison Smith
  • Dance Movement – Melina Whitehead
  • Luchador – Karem Rodriguez
  • Duality – Asher Li
  • Golden Gate Flare – Héctor Pérez Nieto
  • Reflections – Aleida Jimenez-Adorno
  • Forestville – LindaKay Brown