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Some kind of hardcore warrior sister.

WARRIOR SISTER BY MEG TUITE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 13


She could say or do anything and no one broke her down. Not even our dad, and I was scared shitless of him. She stood up to him like some kind of hardcore warrior and I swear I could almost see a black cape flung across her back with her hands on her hips.

They were literary personae,

important men of letters.

BALABANIS TAILOR BY ALEXANDER J MOTYL  34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 13


The names on the plaques—
embossed, in bronze, and glossy,
and placed prominently to the left
and to the right of the entrance,
and declaring proudly to the world or,
in any case, to anyone who can
afford Hotel Chelsea room rates
that they were literary personae,
important men of letters.

 

Two suitcases, a seven year old boy, and a theory of my own sensibility.

SONTAG BY MARINA REID WEISS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 13


There I am: Duchamp’s mustachioed Mona Lisa, The Importance of Being Earnest, $70 in wrinkled bills, two suitcases, a seven year old boy, and a theory of my own sensibility. I will now make bouillon out of soup.

Sometimes it’s the stuff that looks weak that’s strongest.


TSUNAMI BY JEREMY GLAZER 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 13


34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 13

GARDENING BY WILLIAM GRIGG, WARRIOR SISTER BY MEG TUITE, HOW TO FAIL A TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM BY JESS COROZZA, TSUNAMI BY JEREMY GLAZER, THE DAY THE SERVER LOST HIS SOUL BY JOSEPH LAMPE, FAIR BY JAMES ARMSTRONG, A MURMUR LOUDER THAN A CRY BY  EUGENIA MAVROMMATI, THE LONG CUT BANK BY LOUISE PHILLIPS, PHILTRE BY JOHN JANDA, SAND CASTLES BY ED GUTIERREZ, BALABANIS TAILOR BY ALEXANDER J MOTYL, SONTAG BY MARINA REID WEISS, DEAR VIRGINIA BY EJ LOERA, TOUGH STUFF: TRACI KATO-KIRIYAMA INTERVIEWED BY ANDREW MAUZEY.

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