The Coffin, the Ship by Mel Kassel from BWR 46.1 At dawn, I look out the porthole and wait for my vampire. Here’s what will happen: he’ll knock gently on the ship’s hull. I’ll push the circle of glass outward, and he’ll slip inside as a rush of Spanish moss. He’ll...
The Empty by Panpan Song from BWR 46.1 I. Prayer for the Feeding of the Hungry Ghosts In the fall of 2013, I had recently moved to New York, when I ran into an acquaintance from some years ago in Shanghai. He was working for an investment bank in Midtown and said, if...
Socratic Wig by Sara Kachelman from BWR 46.2 A reading by the author https://bwr.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Socratic-Recording.m4a I found my mother’s hair on a foam head at Wigland. It lit up the downtown window display. Above it a sign said: the last true...
Extermination by Mónica Ramón Ríos Translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers from BWR 46.2 A reading of the English by the translator https://bwr.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Extermination-English-Reading.m4a A reading of the Spanish by the author...
Bereavement Table for a Top Model Imagined Stine An from BWR 46.2 For a PDF click here. 1993. 10. 24 (Reward) :: Die for one’s country, little woman, like hometown patriot martyr Ryu Gwan-sun, MissKorea In Memoriam Again: propagate your post, a coronet casket,...
Planetary Bodies Naima Yael Tokunow from BWR 45.2 Planetary Bodies for Online Click here to read Planetary Bodies as a PDF. Naima Yael Tokunow is an educator, writer, editor, & artist currently living in New Mexico. She is the author of three chapbooks, Shadow...
