Cathexis Northwest PressDec 1, 2018Something wrongBy: Sean Griffin Flecks of your makeup found themselves in the textile of my jacket, the threads crossing each other, a woven safety net,...
Cathexis Northwest PressDec 1, 2018Reverse Aphrodite or Birth of VenusBy: Trevor Eichenberger Her pearl pale body dead longer than when she first drifted ashore with seashells. Beachgoers who found her...
Cathexis Northwest PressDec 1, 2018OUR WORLDBy: Amina Ayodeji-Ogundiran In a man’s world, we suffered Women; mutilated, denied, cursed, abused In a man’s world, still, man suffered...
Cathexis Northwest PressDec 1, 2018Don’t Break Now; After the Funeral; Narcissa Rejects the PromptBy: Signe Land Don’t Break Now (variation on a villanelle) The brain kicks to high gear as the heart dies. Research says the brain asks...
Cathexis Northwest PressDec 1, 2018The Vulture & the MagpieBy: Holly Dodge a vulture—flight and flutter—reminds me of a relationship: implications, a subtle reminder of me when you: muscle aligned...
Cathexis Northwest PressDec 1, 2018The Politics of Storytelling: Narrative Bias in Maurice Manning’s The Common ManBy: Connor Bjotvedt Maurice Manning’s The Common Man presents itself, unapologetically, as Manning’s own, idealized, historical narrative...