What goes into a poem? The cover of our third annual Lit Issue–with art from Keara McGraw–offers one recipe for a poem, while its contents offer recipes of several other kinds. You’ll find in these pages not just the work but what comes before it: the emotional ties and engagement with place that render these […]
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Comics Issue 2015
Welcome to the South Side Weekly’s first ever Comics Issue. In the past the Weekly has published profiles of South Side artists and musicians, stories about political events, and even recipes from South Side food institutions, all in comic form. This issue, chock-full of words and pictures about life on the South Side, is our […]
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lovesong
this is my grievance: that flowers don’t die fast enough. i had a dream of the cat i had before the breakup. she had grown, somehow. her paws and head made her a new cat and i was a gourd broken-born against the rocks. an ulcer glows slowly, like amber in this house. all the […]
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How to Express Mixed Emotions on a Standardized Test
Brace yourself on your number 2 pencil. Bubble in your name, your address and quantitate yourself. Make a complete Stop at the heritage box. Be careful, It might be labeled ‘Race,’ or ‘Ethnic Origin.’ Don’t bubble in ‘White.’ Don’t bubble in ‘African-American.’ And don’t bubble in ‘Other.’ Because neither of your parents is an Other. […]