Vol. 2, Issue 8

“EXTRATERRESTRIALS AMONG US / DISENFRANCHISED SO-CALLED CITIZENS / ID PHOTOS, GAPS IN FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE / HUMANOID VOGUING REPLICANT VOGUING DEITY”

— Juliana Huxtable, “UNTITLED (RED LIGHT)”

Southern Lit Presents: Juliana Huxtable

by TNSF | Feb 27, 2019 | Southern Lit Presents, Vol. 2, Issue 8

Breaking Out of Dark Glittering Corners Juliana Huxtable’s poetic style is bold, unapologetic, and very in your face. She proclaims her words with all capital lettering that refuses to ease up for the reader. She writes proclamations from her soul and throws them like...

“Lessons in Mining” & “Bonfires” | Poetry

by TNSF | Feb 27, 2019 | Poems, Vol. 2, Issue 8

“Lessons in Mining” “Redneck referred to the red bandanas that West Virginia miners wore around their necks.” –Chuck Keeney, WV Mine Wars Museum. In my Appalachian middle school, the teachers transformed classrooms into a coal mining town. The...

You Burst My Balloon | Visual Art

by TNSF | Feb 27, 2019 | Visual Art, Vol. 2, Issue 8

You Burst My Balloon A mixed media collage depicting a doll-like woman with her chest like that of a cabinet, where her heart rests, which is as delicate as a balloon. As soon as she exposes her love, she causes herself despair. Balloons make frightful noises and...