Outerboros is comprised of Matt Swain and Kenneth Fletcher, they both are from New York City’s outer boroughs.

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Like I'm Joan of Arc

Marvin is getting ready to serve dinner for him and his brothers’ weekly Taco Tuesday night.As always, he makes sure to put a tablecloth down on the dining table first, as one of his younger brothers ...

ABOUT:Lee Summers [he/him] is a queer, multi-racial, neurodivergent emerging writer residing in Southeastern Virginia. He has work published or forthcoming in Prosetrics, Bad Clown Books, PHIL LIT, Th...

Even as a child, nose stuck in book,Called cruel names by her motherEvery alone and looking at the picturesChoo choo trains and what remains is the senseThat, “well... he was always rather kind of odd,Even since then... and where did we went wrong,”Well, there's no mistaking things under g-d                                                           And they,They her called Ichabod. Crane your neck to see.No one had read as much,           As much more than me &Maybe the clues will come in the ne

You lift the accordion.The strap drags across your chestwhere my handused to rest.You don’t move.Your fingers find the buttons.I watch your mouth.Tongue caughtin your teeth.I stay quiet.Porquesaying y...

i can’t lie about what i feel

then i watched you go

here are 40 books to pick up this fall and winter

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Before we go any further, are we the right fit? I see here there's a gap. I have to ask about it. Who doesn't have a gap now? Tell me, who walks around whole? Faces like a slot machine, click, click, ...

ABOUT:Lee Summers [he/him] is a queer, multi-racial, neurodivergent emerging writer residing in Southeastern Virginia. He has work published or forthcoming in Prosetrics, Bad Clown Books, PHIL LIT, Th...

fucking the flowers likethey're forever wakingfrom the wettest ofdreams, makingsomething like loveout of soiled palms& hose water. I will lap itup any day, any wayyou slice the radishesworks for me, d...

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I’m doing eighty on the one-ten; an act of rebellion in what’s normally an unforgiving artery. Downtown’s fading behind me. It’s taken enough tonight: forty-eight ninety-three in drinks, two-fifty for...

steady spring raindigging a holefor the dead possumABOUT:Kevin Browne's poetry and photographs have appeared in MacQueen's Quinterly, Pangyrus, Book of Matches, Frogpond, Nightingale and Sparrow, and ...

ABOUT:Jayda Gilliard is a queer writer based in South Carolina. A microbiologist by training, her work is rooted in memory, nature, and the intimate to explore identity and the ongoing journey of beco...

You’re here… but not… hello? If it’s not too much… trouble… I’d like to… somehow… maybe… hear from you again? Or… at least know… I’m talking to you… can you hear… me? Would it be… like before? When ti...

TheyLoad unload carry sweatBoxes stackStock the fridge, don’t let regretCross their mindThey may findLiving as one brings them closerThis empty place won’t stay emptyHis stuff and his stuff is their s...

Step out ontothe cold decktwenty fivedegrees notcold enoughfor the wrenssheltered inhalf dead fernsone green sprigreachingfor the door—refill the feederslet cold boardskiss bare feet,wanting to stickw...

morning walkan old carholding spaceABOUT: Kevin Browne's poetry and photographs have appeared in MacQueen's Quinterly, Pangyrus, Book of Matches, Frogpond, Nightingale and Sparrow, and elsewhere. He l...

The adjunct position never materializedand hiring managers look at my resumelike it was a ransom note written in crayon.Rejection emails arrive with automated sympathythat sounds like doors closing in...

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Written, produced, performed by @Noxtros

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face i can't forget, when you're out of sight

love you like ice

i will be the river

i won't let you in again

Overcommitting to the lines I used to useLike an actor who never lived the part. Now I’m stuckinside my head. Where the city sleeps and I justrepeat these days to decompress who I waswhen I was yours ...

write a poem and leave a trace

feed me to the wolves, i'll be reborn as an artist

here are some literary arts magazines, journals, and presses for sea, ocean, fish and water lovers

here's a list of some literary arts magazines, journals, and presses that focus on writers with disabilities, those with chronic pain, illnesses or those who write on complex health conditions

here are some fun lit mags and presses that focus on athletic sports, baseball, basketball, various games: board games, and video games even

here's a list of some literary arts magazines, journals, and presses that focus predominantly on LGBTQ+ voices

here's a list of literary arts mags, journals and presses that predominantly focus on the power of music

what have we learnt about our humanity?

nothings changing, so complacent after all is done

a few lists for everyone and some updates

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so much better when we're all alone

so much better when we're all alone

it would be awesome to learn more about each other in the community

it's gotta get better than this