A Practical Guide to Confronting Racism

by Dani Putney I can’t take my eyes off:You clasp a chilled Coors Light,shuffle Ariat boots,adjust your rodeo hat.The girl to your left tells a story,maybe about her day at work,maybe nothing at all.Your crush is obvious despitethe flames in my eyes,the bonfire between us,the smoke engulfing my brain. It’s possible she doesn’t knowwhat you’re hiding behinda hazel gaze and Read More

Sometimes You Get the Bull, Sometimes

by Jack B. Bedell There’s got to be a moment             when the inmate clown wants the bull to stomp him out,             that long second when the dust kicked up from the bull’s charge             rises toward heaven and people in the stands             hold all the air in their lungs, that hard pause when it’s not a life Read More