bootleg self-help demos by marcus scott williams in my meadow upstairs, i build symphonies sampling the secured-beeping of car alarms that rise around me and Lu w each parked car we pass. that is exactly the type of place Austin Texas is. i arrive at the origin story...
In Which Ms. Swan Suffers Clarity by Elaine Hsieh Chou BWR 47.2 Flash Contest winner Ms. Swan ends up in situations without knowing how she got in them. She is at a Starbucks, she is at an ATM, the DMV, a candy store. Each time, she materializes from...
Midnight Saturn Bass Note Afterword to A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure by Hoa Nguyen from BWR 47.1 A reading by the author https://bwr.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Midnight-Saturn-Bass-Note-by-Hoa-Nguyen.m4a I set out to write A Thousand Times You Lose...
46.1 Feature: Craft Essay by Diana Clarke Diana Clarke is a writer and teacher from New Zealand. She received her MFA in fiction from Purdue University and is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Utah. Her debut novel, Thin Girls, is out now, and her second...
46.2 Feature: Craft Essay by Jessica Lanay Jessica Lanay is an art writer, poet, librettist, and short fiction writer. She is a frequent contributor to BOMB Magazine where you can find her interviews with Howardena Pindell, El Anatsui, Alan Michelson, and others. Her...
“Corrective vision surgery takes on a whole new meaning in ‘Chinatownland.’ The result is a cartography that includes our blindspots. In ‘Chinatownland,’ juxtaposition, one of disruption’s favorite tools, simultaneously blurs and focuses...