Side B editors and columnists recommend some of their favorite things for readers this weekend: Online Musings 1. Although Side B lives in Miami with our Editor-in-chief, a few of us call the City of Brotherly Love our home, or at least our interesting neighbor. The city gives me a mix of feelings. Sometimes I join my friends in mocking my peculiar accent,...
Read MoreDrink it Down
Everyone knows that water is essential to survival. It’s one of the few things that we, quite literally, cannot live without. Especially now that summer has come ‘round and, in many places, the heat waves are already upon us. And yet, none of us seem to be drinking enough of this elixir of life. Whether we’re too rushed to fill up a bottle, are always...
Read MoreYou Are Jaguar- by Ryan W. Bradley and David Tomaloff
Before you even get to the poems in Ryan W. Bradley and David Tomaloff’s poetry collection You Are Jaguar, you are provided with instructions on how to approach them, calling the book a “study of process and collaboration…of style and voice…of how poetic moments are defined.” The reading guide characterizes the poems as...
Read MoreInterview with Mud Luscious Press
Mud Luscious Press “publishes raw & aggressive works by writers unafraid to destroy & re-suture words.” Founding Editor J.A. Tyler answered questions for Danielle of Side B Magazine about running a small press, finding new voices in writing, and the importance of independent presses. Tell me a little bit about the history of Mud...
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Do you remember how important bedtime stories used to be? Maybe I’m alone in this (or perhaps just getting old) but every night before my sisters and I were shut into our shared attic bedroom until the sun came back, my mother would read to us. We took turns picking out our favorites–Chrissie loved Skunk at Hemlock Circle, Kaitlin had the...
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