Winter 2023

Dedicated to Nicholas Johnson and Maureen Holm, co-founders of BigCityLit

Flatbed Truck by Nicholas Johnson

Poetry

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Chaos Theory

by VA Smith

defenestration

by Katherine M. Gotthardt

Drinking in the Afterlife

by Michael Steffen

Insomniacs Anonymous

by Bruce McRae

KITCHEN GARDEN

by Ian Ganassi

Mothers of Invention

by Charles Rammelkamp

simplify life (a homed heart)

by Samantha Duncan

Subway Song

by Laura Goldin

Tattooed

by Gerard Sarnat

Translation

by Ellen Peckham

Unzipped

by Jonathan Fletcher

Us In Reverse

by Omobola Osamor

Fiction

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Afternoon Rhapsody

by Daniel Shapiro

Coming of Age on the Upper East Side

by Ariel Balter

Illegible Signpost

by Susan Cornford

Peace Out

by Cynthia Stock

Plaid Couches

by Emily Krauser

The Burning of Bobby

by Paul Ellams

Walking Into White

by Gina Troisi

Walking with Gerard Caliendo

by Daniel Shapiro

Nonfiction

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My Water Job

by Nina Kossman

The King of Rock & Soul

by Alan Swyer

Book Reviews