“Beyond these things—bricklayer, WORK—I knew absolutely nothing about what my dad did. And that was fine with me. But it wasn’t fine with him.” —“Heaven Knows” by Ed Pavlić, one of the “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction” in “The Best American Essays 2025”! evergreenreview.com/read/heaven-...

"Dori (Who Walked Barefoot Over the Mountain" (@evergreenreview.bsky.social), one of my best published stories, is set on New Year's Eve day and features my dad-in-law Gregg Campbell's beautiful color film photography of Mount St. Helens after the '80 explosion evergreenreview.com/read/dori-wh...

“Send me a pic of your hot arms. How would you describe a person’s arms. Seems dumb, everyone has them. Why would you blow up your life for a pair of arms.” Up now: “Ghazal w your arms” and two more poems by Marisa Crawford. Art by @gabriellegarland.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/robbie-...

“The Darién Gap has played host to all manner of other adventures beyond the established conquest, plunder, and canal pursuits of centuries past.” —Up now: an excerpt from “The Darién Gap” (Rutgers University Press) by Belén Fernández. Art by Susan Hamburger. evergreenreview.com/read/silent-...

“The sun rises with blood streaks on its eye rims as mornings are dense with wings of dust emanating from early morning chores of young women . . .” Up now: “Rail-track Radio Station” by Mbizio Chirasha. Art by @jessicadunne.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/rail-tr...

“Looking at William Hogarth today, his revolutionary vision leaps over the centuries to accuse the many bullies in power. I entered his work to follow in his path.” Up now: “The Four Stages of Cruelty (after Hogarth)”—art and words by @suecoe.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/the-fou...

“Brother Morpheme had succeeded in keeping his emotions out of his work for the 150,982 assignments he’d handled prior to Ms. Mvungi.” Up now: “The Witness of Nina Mvungi” by @koimolove.bsky.social, translated by @jaybossrubin.bsky.social. Art by Valerie Hammond. evergreenreview.com/read/the-wit...

“The first thing João Marçal mentioned about his upcoming show was that it was going to have custom pizza boxes in it, which sent my mind racing. What is the meaning of the pizza box? Why a pizza box?” —“Pizza Space-Time” by Gabriel Abrantes. Art by João Marçal. evergreenreview.com/read/pizza-s...

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1959: It was that magical time between Thanksgiving and Christmas... --" Frankie Five Hundred"

“A star reporter during WWII, my mother-in-law Patricia (Pat) Lochridge Hartwell was the only female journalist to cover both the Pacific and European theaters—and perhaps danced with Hermann Goering.” —Up now: an excerpt from @tsvoboda.bsky.social’s new memoir. evergreenreview.com/read/witch-h...

“How much of a spectacle was the bang? Was all that white intimidated by your dark expanse?” Up now at Evergreen: “Questions You Never Thought to Ask of Blackness (For Obvious Reasons)” and three more poems by Daemond Arrindell. Art by Carl E. Hazlewood. evergreenreview.com/read/infamy-...

And the final piece in the collection—the title story, "The Witness of Nina Mvungi"—is out today in @evergreenreview.bsky.social, accompanied by beautiful artwork from Valerie Hammond. Thanks to Africa Editor Jeffery Renard Allen for all the support. "Ninaaaaaaa!" evergreenreview.com/read/the-wit...

“For over two decades, South African artist-activist Zanele Muholi has crafted superb self-reflexive photographic portraits of themself and members of the LGBTQ+ community in their country and beyond.” Up now: an interview with Zanele Muholi by Sandile Ngidi. evergreenreview.com/read/facing-...

A whole chapter of Hitler and My Mother-in-Law at Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social. Order the rest of the book or ebook @ORbooks.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/witch-h...

“My ancestors had been collecting in the house for a while already, my good vibes, my goddesses, good energy—call it whatever—and now this foolish man had brought his malevolence.” New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...

From the Soul: The Life and Music of Jesse Powell @evergreenreview.com --A cool story about a hot player

“Down at the end of the block there was a squat brick building that must have been a few hundred years old. She thought whatever had once gone on inside of there was none of her business.” —“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...

“Three women stand in one of Wife Camille’s Malibu Canyon estate’s kitchens. They are waiting for the other Wives to arrive for a dinner party from hell.” Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...

“Mr. Martin was the first person any of us had ever met who had what we called—Sam was the one who came up with the word—‘class.’ Mr. Martin never wore T-shirts or warm-up clothes . . . .” —“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...

“You play like a man! An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .” —“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...

Tom Wilson is best known for his work with The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and Sun Ra, but he also wrote liner notes for his friends. In 1962 he penned the notes for Jesse Powell's soul-jazz album It's Party Time. More about Powell in the current evergreenreview.com @evergreenreview.bsky.social

Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...

“Some years ago, an elected official publicly compared me to a mass shooter. At the time, I was running for mayor of my hometown. I never imagined I’d be a political candidate, much less a suspected terrorist.” New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...

“When I was a New York City kid living on 151st Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, many jazz musicians lived in that Sugar Hill (Harlem) neighborhood . . . .” Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...

“The silver trailer full of live bulls cramped darkly together being trafficked now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .” New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...

“I’m guessing that if you held a map of the world up to the comics attending the Riyadh festival, less than ten would be able to find Saudi Arabia . . . .” Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...

UPCOMING NYC EVENT ALERT! Sunday, November 9 “Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!

When I was writing my @evergreenreview.bsky.social essay on saxophonist Jesse Powell, I thought about the jazz comics of artist Howard Chaykin. Indeed, the artist has inspired my jazz leanings for years and I wanted the story to be literary homage to Chaykin's work. evergreenreview.com

Coming up in Harlem in the 1970s Jesse Powell owned a candy store. Decades later I learned that he was also a respected saxophonist who once played with Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie. My story on Powell was published at @evergreenreview.bsky.social @beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social

“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.” New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...

“My ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ character was a fat, short, slutty, transmasculine lightfoot halfling bard named Apple (no relation to Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter).” Up now in Evergreen’s DAS VIDEOSPIEL: “Bad Apple” by @natmesnard.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...

Very grateful to @evergreenreview.bsky.social for taking these. People should know about Mondale (and about my favorite modern Spanish poet). Potentially attn @dfl.org too?

“Maybe it’s good you never got to see what our generation did: loss most of the way, ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .” Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...

New essay up on @evergreenreview.bsky.social where I talk about my hot Baldur's Gate 3 character, POV in video games & the indie game dev work I've been doing as part of @unquietgames.bsky.social: evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...

Streaming live now!: check out “Last Call – DemocracyICED,” Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese (LigoranoReese)'s installation of a 3,000-pound ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” that will slowly melt away throughout the day today on the National Mall. www.facebook.com/share/v/1DS8...

“Lagos is a hard place. Our brothers, uncles, or cousins keep promising to set us up as soon as they can. But we know better. We know that they never wanted us here in the first place.” Up now: “Arewa Boys” by Hussani Abdulrahim. Art by jc lenochan. evergreenreview.com/read/arewa-b...

I've got some new poems @evergreenreview.bsky.social (read the whole new issue, it's lovely) evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...

“Alone in my room, imagining your shirt opening, my big hands finally useful in the twilight, I reestablish you atom by atom.” Up now in our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “Whom I Have Loved So Long” and two more poems by Jeremy Radin. Art by Julia Schwartz. evergreenreview.com/read/pattern...

“A hush falls on the class as you are wheeled in one morning, your neck frozen in a cervical collar, both legs and an arm in a cast.” —“My Heart and the Parts of You That Break” by Michelle Enehiwealu Iruobe. Art by Christopher Schade. evergreenreview.com/read/my-hear...

“What unified the different works in ‘See-saw’ may not be a set of decisions but rather an overarching sensibility and aesthetic, applied to discoveries and happy accidents. This rather than that, not there but here.” Up now: Adam Simon on artist Carrie Yamaoka evergreenreview.com/read/carrie-...

So happy that my piece is out at the evergreen review (such an iconic name in the game). I'm very fond of this one, I have performed variations of it live, but I'm quite happy with this text incarnation

“Copyright laws are great if you are a rumored-to-be-cryogenically-frozen racist in America, but thieves like us we know how the song goes.” Up now our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “If Bruce Springsteen was a lesbian” by @laraacorona.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/if-bruc...

“Crocodiles serve as our lunch and/or as our supper. For breakfast which is also spontaneous, we usually go for ants. Eat them raw and ask me what else you know about yummy meals.” —“A Kilo of My Husband” by Helsea Ikwanga. Art by Senon Williams. evergreenreview.com/read/a-kilo-...

“Hunger be dumb as money, drum against dome, a thunderous dumpster diver mistaken for a male runway model. Body through the stage door just in time to expand form.” Up now: “Hammer Strike” and two more poems by the late Thomas Sayers Ellis (1963–2025). evergreenreview.com/read/adult-a...

"Frankie Five Hundred" was published in the spring/summer 2025 edition of Evergreen Review. The story of young Frances coming of age in 1959 Harlem follows her from high s to adult shenanigans. @evergreenreview.bsky.social @aalbc.bsky.social @electricliterature.com @parisreview.bsky.social

“When the head is imagined as a house, in the ancient way, it is often received as a story, a compendium of humiliations, and—most readily—as a keepsake.” From our brand-new Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “Boxthorn” by Jason Schwartz. Art by Lyne Lapointe. evergreenreview.com/read/boxthorn/

We're back! Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social F/W 2025-26 has launched with poems by Gregory Powell and artwork by William Downs evergreenreview.com/read/biolumi... ☀️🍸🌱🍃🍂 S/S 2025 archived here: evergreenreview.com/ss25/ Cover image: Cemetery Flowers by Don Tinling

“back in the day before I was slick head and gray minds grew hair leaping free from conk and jheri curl captivity . . .” F/W 2025 issue unrolling now!: “P-Funk Peoples and Afro Metaphysics of Sun Ra” and five more poems by Gregory Powell. Art by William Downs. evergreenreview.com/read/biolumi...

Dear Readers & Writers, I want to share an impressive literary magazine that I'm new to, @evergreenreview.bsky.social Evergreen has published: James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Milan Kundera, Marguerite Duras, Angela Davis: evergreenreview.com #writing #politics