BY ANTONIOS MALTEZOS Rusty Barnes lives and works in Revere, MA, but grew up in rural northern Appalachia. He received his BA from Mansfield University of
BY ANTONIOS MALTEZOS Rusty Barnes lives and works in Revere, MA, but grew up in rural northern Appalachia. He received his BA from Mansfield University of
“When I think of my most successful friends, I often wonder if they do not feel as suffocated or as false in offices as I do. I wonder if it is easier for them to quiet their laughter or if they are fortunate enough to enjoy the costume of business casual. Maybe, really, it is just the culture of linear advancement that I despise—everyone competing with each other in pretend congeniality while marching in the same direction. Or maybe it is that I have always had a hard time believing in institutions, and consensus, and belonging.” ~ Laura Jean Moore
Today is big guy Tony’s birthday. Send him social love if you see him out and about in the interwebs. Happy birthday, Antonios! We ❤
by Susan Woodring Many months ago, I helped my mother-in-law heft a giant purple suitcase down two flights of stairs at her apartment complex at
Change Seven contributor Joe Mills has recently released a collection of over four dozen “wine poems,” the second edition of Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers, which
Only a couple weeks left to submit your work. We’re especially interested in your creative nonfiction and poetry, but we’ll take on more fiction than