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From the series, The Great Clod Burdens Me With Form JOSEPH TORRA (http://joetorra.com/mygroundtrilogy.html), born in Boston in 1955, was raised in Medford, Mass. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Boston...

6 Birds1 a bird flew into skywrote a long sentence  2 a bird died in the yardNovember crashed into a pinea novelof her journey  3 winter arrivesbirds depart cabin white alone in morning woods a long wing stretches in sleep  4 pigeons...

Yelling at SelfiesSometimes we look at art. Sometimes art isn’t something you look at. Where is everyone? Everyone is inside Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room.  Everyone pretends they are doing this...

Excerpt from'Time Being Book 2’ This excerpt, weaving a rich tapestry of a well contemplated daily existence, is from "Time Being Book 2," a work-in-progress that Joseph Torra is hoping...

Excerpt from forthcomingWho Do You Think You Are:Reflections of a Writer's Life This excerpt, focused on how Torra got involved with editing the work of Stephen Jonas, is from the...

Excerpt from forthcomingWho Do You Think You Are:Reflections of a Writer's Life This excerpt is focused on Joseph Torra’s relationship with his father.   Eventually my father realized the potential...

[su_pullquote align="right"]Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson[/su_pullquote] GREG FUCHS teaches students with disabilities to trust themselves and question everything. He writes poems and makes photographs. Fuchs survives beneath the underground but surfaces occasionally with...

Interview by John MulrooneyAs a poet, novelist, memoirist, translator, editor, and publisher, Joe Torra has been an integral part of the literary scene in Boston and beyond for over 25...

by Susan Visakowitz There’s no doubt that the Coronavirus pandemic has made things a little tougher for Eric Tyler Benick and Nick Rossi, the co-founders of Ursus Americanus Press. But...

 YOKO OK is a New Yorker who has been living in the Bay Area of California for the past 10 years. She makes a comic every day as part of her...