As a Mother
By Stephen Byrne. Claudia Gómez González hoped for an education. She was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas instead. …
Parts Unknown
By Clare Welsh. Anthony Bourdain, dead at 61, recognized the misfits working behind the counter. …
Poor Nigel
By Phil Huffy. Nigel the seabird's love affair with a decoy comes to its end. …
The Left Hand of Darkness
By Devon Balwit. Ursula K. Le Guin, the acclaimed fantasy fiction author, has died at 88. …
Remembering Our Life Together as a Cigarette after the Cranberries Show
By J. Todd Hawkins. Dolores O’Riordan, singer of The Cranberries, has died at age 46. …
The King Is Dead
By Marc Alan Di Martino. An obituary for the founder of Strand Books, written by a former worker of the legendary New York City bookstore. …
On the Ground
By Noreen Ellis. A preventable Amtrak train derailment left three dead in Washington. …
I Think I Love You
By Tracy Quan. Music legend and 1970's teen idol David Cassidy dies at the age of 67. …
At the Harvest Festival
By Devon Balwit. A poet's effigy on the chaotic scene of the Las Vegas shooting that left 59 people dead. …
What Tom Petty Is to My Father & Me
By Thea Engst. A poem in memory of Tom Petty from the daughter of his biggest fan. …