“Unmarked”: A Photography Series Reexamines True Crime

Stephen Chalmer’s photography series “Unmarked” provides a refreshing breath of empathy into the unbelievably popular and macabre genre of true crime. Not the misplaced kind of empathy that leads people to stupidly sympathize with and idolize serial killers–it’s the good kind that brings light to the victims. In describing his work, Chalmer’s website describes these […]

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Poetry Rec: The Colonel

The colonel returned with a sack used to bring groceries
home. He spilled many human ears on the table. They were like
dried peach halves.

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My First Tattoo & a Poetry Rec: Fever 103°

If tattoos offended Santa Clause, then they offended ME. I think it’s also the reason why I was always so standoffish about tattoos as I became an adult. That and I would never put Christmas in peril.

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Of Crow-flowers, Nettles, and Daisies

“Okay,” She leaned closer to the camera, “So, my cousin told me that her brother-in-law says his neighbor’s uncle was caught fucking an alligator.”

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