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“Tapestry: Circling the Square” Featuring Image “GG Fortune Cookies”
Tapestry: Circling the Square Poetry Written By: Thomas A. E. Hesketh About the Author: THOMAS A. E. HESKETH was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on a cusp, in the last half of the last century of the last millennium; none of it his fault. He enjoys poetry because of its verbal range, except the caesuras,…
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“Assange”
Visual Art By: Chiara Di Martino About the Artist: Chiara Di Martino was born on January 17 1987 in Rome, Italy, where she spent also most of her life. Her passions have always been Poetry, Literature and Art. Growing up, she put her dream to be an artist or writer on hold, choosing instead to become…
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Fiction Piece “Little Bundle” Featuring Art Piece “NF3”
Little Bundle Written By: Anna Walters About the Author: Anna spends most of her days trying to get more people to ride bikes. She enjoys moshing, sarcastic quips, Bruce Springsteen, and ice cream. Piece of advice: Don’t share a pint of Ben & Jerry’s with Anna — she’ll mine it for all the delicious chocolatey…
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“Mothering Without a (Good) Mother” Featuring Visual Art Piece: “Mom’s Sparkling Water”
Mothering Without a (Good) Mother Nonfiction Piece Written By: Brandi Lawless About the Author: Brandi Lawless lives in San Francisco with her son, partner, and two cats. She is a social justice trainer/teacher and a pumpkin enthusiast. In her spare time, she likes to read, visit piano bars, check out local restaurants, and travel internationally.…
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“Freak Show Bill” Featuring Visual Art Piece “The Dragon”
Meet the Author: Steven Louis Ray is a multidisciplinary artist working in traditional film and darkroom processes, in addition to writing and recording ambient & experimental music and writing poetry. He’s currently studying poetry at San Francisco’s City College. More of his photography can be viewed at stevenlouisray.com freak show bill there’s a certain fluorescence…
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Fiction Piece “The Final Visit”; Featuring Visual Art Submission “Old Souls”
The Final Visit Written By: Vincent Calvarese About the Author: As a writer and visual artist, he found his wings amongst his heroes of Eureka Valley. Using the San Francisco Bay Area as his canvas, he highlights themes of restorative justice in The Final Visit, familial pain in The Flesh of the Father, gun violence…
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The Heartbeat of City College by Tehmina Khan
The Heartbeat of City College THE HEARTBEAT OF CITY COLLEGE after Malinda Seneviratne’s “The Heartbeat of My Country” The heartbeat of City College pounds the pavement from Balboa Park BART station uphill to the Science Building then down to the MUB and later up the circle to the library before it closes at 2:45…
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People by Chiara Di Martino
Chiara Di Martino was born on January 17 1987 in Rome, Italy, where she spent also most of her life. Her passions have always been Poetry, Literature and Art. Growing up, she put her dream to be an artist or writer on hold, choosing instead to become a Psychologist. In 2015, she moved to San…
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You Invited Me on a Picnic – Vivian Imperiale
It was time to go. I walked outside to wait for you. You were picking me up for a picnic and I was delighted I’d be with you. You didn’t talk about your AIDS diagnosis — mysterious letters I didn’t comprehend. What was that, anyway? Instead you were just you, which was everything — the…
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Little Girl Growing Up – Megan Brown
In hot suburban Florida in an old, sandy bungalow my father used to measure my height on the doorframe If we left the honey out roaches would come a bee drove his stinger into my arm— that kind of summer visit my baby brother— learning to talk my father tuning in to area news amid…
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