Boundless, by Kristin Culotta
Please proceed, Governor.
--Barack Obama
Gentlemen, come on and spread the wealth.
Pass those bills and then we’ll pass around
our binders full of women on the shelf.
ΕΝΈΡΓΕΙΑ*, by Eleanor Levine
muscles cut from
Michelangelo’s David
and Plato’s retreat
in a symposium
of Greek boys
and Oxford dons
An English Teacher Critiques the 9/11 Report, by Kristin Ruth Bratt
This essay has a lot going
for it: clear and cogent details,
story arc convinces, prevails
over lost fragments, arguing
well enough.
Haiku Republicans, by Steven Rugel
loveth thy neighbor
but not as much as yourself!
christ was no commie
Senator, Senator, by Molly Patterson
It was a scandal and he was guilty, and it would follow the Washington script—the leak, the investigation, the camera flashes.
“Deny everything,” Senator Rockwell’s advisors told him when the first word came in.
From the editor, by Susan Muaddi-Darraj
I think it's cute when people make a special move to inform themselves about politics. When being informed about the state of the country and the world requires an investment of their time.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Screwball, by Anne Kawala
I got the sense, at times, that I ought to be looking, rather than reading. The tapestry of language is the message.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River, by Jung Young Moon
Jung Young Moon hasn’t exactly transformed Texas into a magical place, but he has used the state as an inspiration to manipulate words in magical ways.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Wild Invocations, by Ysabel Y. Gonzalez
This collection celebrates itself and dances, fully realized, through the world around it. González’s poetic eye resides in her crown chakra, as if she, herself, is Azabache.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Vulgar Mechanics, by K. B. Thors
Thors writes the body as metamorphic and volcanic (the site of secrets threatening to erupt), yet somehow still human.
Barrelhouse Reviews: The Collector of Leftover Souls, by Eliane Brum
Each sentence, traveling first through Brum’s body and then across the chasm between the two languages, demands the utmost attention.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Wyoming by JP Gritton
Wyoming summons a host of ideas about working-class people in hard times, about people doing bad things for good reasons, about the choices one makes when there are no good choices.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl, by Jeannie Vanasco
Her second job, beyond teaching them how to write, inevitably becomes reinforcing their power, listening to their stories, and offering help to report the rape or find therapy.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Fifty Miles, by Sheryl St. Germain
Sheryl St. Germain, who writes about the loss of her son from addiction, and the addiction that runs in her family, quantifies her grief: it’s fifty miles long.
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Part 3
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Part 3
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Part 2
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Part 2
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Part 1
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Part 1
Love is Blind: Barrelhouse TV Workshop Preview
Barrelhouse TV Workshop: Love is Blind Preview