Non-Fiction
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“but always the impact has hurt for want of complete expression.” (J. Gardener)
Rapture in Retrospect by J. Gardener I remember vividly my first inkling of beauty. I can recall, now, the sensation of being too small to hold that surge which seemed ready to burst my seven-year-old boundaries. I remember, too, the overwhelming melancholy that arose with it; the desperate feeling that this thing was too big…
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Photographing Utopia
Photographing Utopia Utopia, the term coined to describe a community or society with near perfect qualities, is used to express imagined desires of an ideal community that obtains perfect happiness and fulfillment. Utopias are imagined to be the perfect society, one that encourages equality, tolerance, creativity, along with great productivity. Various forms of art and…
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“This is the kinda nothing that folks retire early for.” (Lelonnie Taylor)
Best Interest by Lelonnie Taylor (an excerpt) This is the first story in my creative non-fiction anthology, “Child Who Hurt You?” The full story will be released on my blog, this Christmas. I saw the back of his head and fell in love. It was the only thing I could see when I cocked mine over…
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“But that’s a drag–my life.” (Norman Davies)
People Not Located by Norman Davies At thirty, I don’t wait for ideas, I chase them. They glimmer, and dart–I wish I could use my bare hands on them. Ideas aren’t trapped in books, either. I open the cover, and get all tangled up. The ideas, greased in language, slip away, scatter. Or else (worse)…
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Nonfiction: Mary Szybist, Critically Acclaimed Poet, Graces City College’s Mission Campus by Adina Pernell
Critically Acclaimed Poet Graces City College’s Mission Campus By Adina Pernell Mary Szybist, the second guest in the City College Visiting Writers Series, is a critically acclaimed poet whose numerous awards and accolades include being a Pushcart Prize winner, and whose most recent book “Incarnadine” won the National Book Award for Poetry. “Incarnadine” is a…
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Nonfiction: The Almighty Dollar, by Howard Tharsing
The Almighty Dollar; an essay by Howard Tharsing Yesterday afternoon I walked a block or so to the Dollars and Cents store on Eddy Street between Leavenworth and Jones. I had passed it many times but had not gone in. It looked small and dark, and the merchandise had been jammed onto the shelves, some…
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Nonfiction: The Moderating Influence of the Other Gender, by Howard Isaac Williams
The Moderating Influence of the Other Gender by Howard Isaac Williams Responding with an anger to exceed that of his adversary, the youth yelled and leaned his taut body toward his foe. The other young man stood his ground and yelled back. If either felt any fear, he showed none and both ignored the earnest…
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Essay by Nataniel Gondra
Domingo, Who Joined the Foreign Legion San Francisco, 17 Sep 2015. I have a very lousy memory. I can’t really remember what I had for lunch yesterday. Or what was the chapter of the book I was reading about a few hours ago. But I do remember some things clearly. Growing up with my mother,…
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Editors Write: Craving
Forum Magazine is proud to present to you some pieces from our very own staff here on the blog! Over the next few days, we’re going to post some pieces inspired by our very own Writing Prompt Wednesday. This week’s pieces were inspired by the prompt “craving,” and was written by our Social Media and…
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Vicious, You Hit Me With A Flower by Natalie Saunders
VICIOUS, YOU HIT ME WITH A FLOWER -Lou Reed. “Vicious”. Transformer by Natalie Saunders Poetry, like an essay or any piece of writing partaking of both literary composition and a theme of nature is green literature. Poetry differs, but only slightly in it’s presentation, from other forms of literary work. Usually, poetry incorporates rhythm and…
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