State Slogans: Ranked And Saluted

by Victoria Johnson and John Wenz

Three Of New York’s Odder Patriotic Relics

by Olivia LaVecchia

The 6.4 California Earthquake of July 1, 1911 at 100

by Seth Colter Walls

On Things Just Not Working Out

“The payoff of surviving your 20’s has to be that when you make mistakes or fall down the stairs, literally or figuratively, you don’t think of yourself as a person who makes mistakes or falls down the stairs. There’s too much historical evidence that you are not always the…

Alleged DSK Rape Victim Knows Bad People and Also Drinks!

From Matt Hart’s “Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless”

by Mark Bibbins, Editor

The Adolescent’s “Amoeba” I wake up typing letters
 Alphabet, alphabet — though not to anyone in particular
 To the circus To Fluoride Beelzebub or Beelzebubba
 It’s…

What Would Princess Diana Be Doing If She Were Alive Today?

“I can see her in pale grey, maybe, with a wide-brimmed hat from under which that long, slow, slightly sarky smile would flicker momentarily in Camilla’s direction…. before coming back to rest once more on the young couple.”
 —…

The Pynchonian Bullpen

by David Roth and David Raposa

Some Parting Gifts Before You Leave

Who needs a three-day weekend? Who? I’m guessing ALL OF US. Well, you’re in luck! Because of…