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Diamond in this Room

We all want the melt of you the pulsing red ocean full of brine,  combed by pearly topsail shimmers   imagined to infinity but never really making slices, want to drive a four-fathom pike down and down and lose it … Read More

by Gavin Stroud on December 15, 2025

Two Days and Two Nights

“Not long after that we realized there was little else to do where we were, so we stood up and headed out, us two boys stumbling through the cold night behind Mary.”

by Gavin Stroud on October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

The Lobby Prince

“No price is listed on the website. I’m reminded of one of my mother’s more pessimistic maxims: sometimes, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.”

by Gavin Stroud on November 21, 2024November 22, 2024

Nass Recommends: Guy Trebay’s Do Something

Trebay’s memoir of growing up in New York City presents a poignant picture of a time when artists could actually afford rent.

by Gavin Stroud on April 10, 2025

Symphysis

At midnight I woke membered to the night with violent blood and pale gashes swimming wild courses through the dark. Some blast from my dream rang shrilly over my ears like frantic veils.

by Gavin Stroud on April 28, 2025


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