
Month: January 2021


Editor’s Note: Escapism, Art, and Literature

Poetry: “Lares” series, by Christine Murray

Escapism: Art on Canvas by Lorette Luzajic

Poetry: “When Are We to Meet, Vincent?” and other poems by Maryam A. Wajdi

Poetry: “Relish in the Remaining” and “Slower than Moontide”, by Perla Kantarjian

Essay: “A Lion in the Street: Acedia, Spiritual Depression, and Creative Will”, by Claude Barbre

Review of Hedy Habra’s The Taste of the Earth, by Roula-Maria Dib

Poetry: “One Thing” and “The Lay of the Land”, by Omar Sabbagh

Photography: “Pictures from an Uncanny Silence”, by Dorine Potel

Digital Art from Pamela Chrabieh’s 2020 series

Essay: “Corona Crises”, by Houra Mirhashemi

Art: “Elements”, by Roisin Ni Neachtain

Poetry: “Imagio’s Trap” and other poems, by Frank Darwiche

Poetry: “Robin Eggs” and other poems, by Lorette C. Luzajic

Essay: “The Dangers of Social Media”, by Roman Volovoy

Non-Fiction: “Reservoirs and Reservations”, by Omar Sabbagh

Review of Lorette C. Luzajic’s Pretty Time Machine, by Joan Leotta

Poem: “A Particularly Angular Cis-man”, by Colin James

Recommended Reads: Editor’s Picks

Fiction: “Rose Knows “, by Zach Murphy

Fiction: “The Artist”, by Dr. Konrad Gunesch

Poetry: “Motion Equals Emotion”, by Nour Rouhana

Poem: “Henry’s Orchard”, by Claude Barbre

Non-Fiction: “Silken ”, by Salma Ahmad Caller

Poetry: “For Therapy, I Mix Metaphors”and other poems, by D.R. James

Poetry: “Cousteau’s Paradise” and “Becoming Demeter”, by Natalie Rose Dyer

Poetry: “Parable of the Righteous” and “On the Return of the Butterfly”, by Bernard Pearson

Non-Fiction: “Crossing the Mirrors ”, by Pierre Cardascia

Poems: “French” and “Playing House”, by Carly Brown

Poems: “Hazy Gaze” and “Apathy”, by Sam Zamrik

Fiction: “Symbiosis”, by Trayle Kulshan

Poem: “Betrayal/Portrayal”, by Alan Hickman
