January 2026 Publications

Better off Flying by Angela Costanzo, 2016

january publications

“If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter, about the surprise medical bill that broke my budget or those long nights spent dyeing milk white at the dairy plant the next town over. They don’t need to know about the pink swirls of blood and pus gradually disappearing into the milk—how it reminded me of nursing, their toothless mouths clamping onto my nipples as I clutched them to me, half out of my mind with exhaustion.”
One of the Lies I Tell My Children by Ruth Joffre

“Winter prairie is hard on everyone, especially rabbits. Icy drifts cement over grasses and clover, so we peel bark from young trees to gnaw cambium. On frozen days we dream of warm mice in your pantries who meet sweet ends with tongues silked in peanut butter. Not a single creature can deny the allure of dying in comfort instead of clawing through an unforgiving life.”
Weedkillers by Chel Campbell

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ten years ago

“When Camila is born, her mother writes a love song. She sings it sweet when her husband comes home, plastic grocery bags rustling against the screen door, and she sings it low when Camila wants to sleep, her head framed in the nook of a soft arm.”
Songs by Ryann Eastman

“Today, there are scientists studying the flight patterns of houseflies. These scientists pluck a fly with tweezers, glue it to the top of a Lucite rod, and place it in a circular chamber, where lit panels blink on the walls, simulating changes in its surroundings, so that the dumb fly will believe it is flying.”
Scientists by William Hoffacker

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mb staff is loving

Todd Lynn’s drawing dress for PJ Harvey.

The Band of Brothers HBO miniseries (especially the behind the scenes video diary by Ron Livingston).

The Wild Unknown tarot deck.

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