by Alexandra Petra Nagy I was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary and I take great pride in that. This city has so much to offer for tourists who want to see the historic mixed with a touch of the new. I am currently living in the United States, so I get a lot of questions from my American friends. They often ask, “What are the top things to see in Budapest?” I am really excited to share my suggestions about…
by Lené Gary “write the day—you were here— write the day you were most yourself —write—i can thank you for that— write you went the beautiful way— you made time—you knew how to get things done and it touched everyone here at least once—” Jen Bervin, The Silver Book In the fall of 2011, following the dissolution of a long-term relationship, I returned to Montpelier, Vermont. I didn’t have many friends in the area, but that soon changed, thanks to a gentleman…
by Andrea Crowley-Hughes Take all of a Saturday to decide whether you’re going to see Jordan Peele’s lauded horror comedy, “Get Out.” You generally can’t make it through horror movies without hyperventilating, but Jesse David Fox says you’ll be okay, and most everyone you’ve heard from agrees that the quality of this work is worth the discomfort. After the apprehensive part of your brain puts forth its losing arguments, head into the night. Hold your partner’s hand extra tight as…
by Gretchen Hanson “Business or pleasure?” My customs agent eyes me up and down and perfunctorily questions the purpose of my journey as he must do a thousand times a day. He is young and could easily be one of the carved marble sculptures on the frieze above the Parthenon. You can tell his interest in my answer is only relevant to his job. I smile sadly, and tell him nothing even close to the truth. “Pleasure.” I smile to…
by Anna Szilagyi New American Best Friend, Olivia Gatwood’s debut poetry collection, lives in adolescence. It lives in the bathroom with your childhood best friend guiding a razor over your leg, in your middle school health class, at a yoga session with Long Island women arguing in their thick New York accents. Published by Button Poetry on March 28th, 2017, New American Best Friend holds poems readers may recognize from Button Poetry’s YouTube channel and from literary magazines, but they have…