Main Squeeze Literary JournalWe are Southern Oregon University's student-run literary magazine organized by Creative Writing students! For the 2024 issue, we are looking for works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual art. Submit today!
you say there is a sweetness to my grief—tell me how.you have not been the subject of her fits of anger.you have not watched her strain to speakthe simplest words.you have not felt the anxiety I dogoing home for the first time in months,praying she will still remember who I am. there is nothing sweet […]
There is a box on the desk where I keep my headInside is womanand brownand talldeep voicedark hairInside is depressedand anxiouspanic attacks I pick my head up sometimes when I need itbut woman comesand so does brownand talldeep voice and dark hairThey follow on string that hangs from my neckAnother pulls depressedanxious and panicfalling in […]
i am the old man on the bus with the bike tireplaying on my iPad like i am a childthis is regression i am a descendant of Johnny AppleseedChapman follows me everywhere my great grandmother sends me a 50 dollar check every year on my birthday i have never sent a letter back but i keep every card in a boxone day […]
Ash Witherell is a candle on a moonlit night. They’ve debuted as a writer in Angel Rust Magazine, published a poetry chapbook entitled Urban Mythologies, and worked as a juror for the 2022 RAL Scholastic Writing Awards. Graphic design is their passion.
Today is the nine year anniversary of getting my new dentist. I was ten years old when we switched companies. I used to be a member of Kids Dental Care. They were involved in a scam, or a laundering, or some other thing that has to do with money. They told me I had twelve […]
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