My mother found solace in a man who kept sheep.
Sometimes she took me with her to his farm.
Our Chrysler climbed the mountain, my elbow crooked in slow air.
I didn’t know a mountain could be a farm.
On a ...
Periphery by Meg Shevenock
LAR Online, Poetry
Li Qingzhao (1084 - ca. 1155) was a Song dynasty poet and essayist. She is one of the greatest female poets in Chinese history, owing to her home education as well as exposure to the literati of her time. ...
2 Poems by Li Qingzhao Translated by Brandon Toh
LAR Online, Translations
Story & Bone by Deborah Leipziger
Review by Robin Rosen Chang
Publisher: Lily Poetry Review Books
Publication Date: January 10, 2023
ISBN: 1957755105
Pages: 76
Deborah Leipziger's stunning ...
Story & Bone by Deborah Leipziger Review by Robin Rosen Chang
Book Reviews, LAR Online
After her mother died, D. started following these animal rescue pages on Instagram. Now she shows me pictures of dogs and cats, sometimes mistreated, underfed, full of mange, born blind, disabled, or missing ...
Sad Animals by Clint Margrave
LAR Online, Nonfiction
It’s not until they reached the dessert course that Carl told Gioia that he was the son of Satan.
Of course. Carl hadn’t acted particularly Satan-y—she’d dated worse—but that was her luck lately. Her mother ...
Bad Habits by Melissa Darcey Hall
Fiction, LAR Online
It’s a field trip day, and there they are, a hundred or so of them. Maybe fourth grade, maybe fifth, sixth. They heave with unrestrained laughter, silent from this side of the glass. They swat each other’s groins. A ...
The End of Track by Nicholas Maistros
Fiction, LAR Online
I will weep for the stranger as human,
for the kinship that’s closer than kin.
Alexander Shchedrinskiy,Odessa, Ukraine
If the language of your childhood is used to justify bloodshed and destruction, ...
Kinship Closer Than Kin: Translating Russian-language Poetry of Witness by Yana Kane
LAR Online, Nonfiction
Melanie H. Manuel is a Filipina American poet. She currently attends SDSU for her MFA in poetry. She is the Production Editor for PIOnline and teaches Rhetoric and Writing Studies. Her work has been ...
Unearthing by Melanie Manuel
LAR Online, Poetry
Eloise took little bites from the rind of a lemon wedge, spit the bitter yellow pulp into her palm and held it up. “Amma, amma, mamma.”
“Where did you get this? Not good for digestion.” The ...
Catastrophes by C. Bellettini
Flash Fiction, LAR Online
