THE SUBWAY PHILANTHROPIST, by David Budbill.
We’re mourning the death of the poet, who wrote about what it means to hang on to our humanity at all costs…so here is the first poem by him EAP ever published, and achingly on just that subject too…
MENAGERIE OF GREAT SOULS, by Tamra Spivey.
There having been some doubt as to whether or not animals have souls got ‘solved’ by some saying humans didn’t have them either, while Tamra takes a slightly different view of the whole issue…
BANISHMENT TO THE SUBHUMAN REALM, by Brian Griffith.
And with that in mind, Brian weighs in…
OUR MODERN CRUSADES FOR ANIMAL FAVORITES, by Brian Griffith.
Pointing out, once again, that it all depends where you’re standing when you look at it…
DINING ON CRAB, by Carol Ekster.
Of course being human also depends on being able to hold two feelings at once in the same body…
THE (CLEAR) VIEW FROM OSPEDALE SANT’ANNA, by Charles S. Kraszewski.
The poet has a clear view of the relation between humans and dogs, and earthquakes, we love that…
THE THRUSH WHO LEFT HOME TO LIVE AMONG THE STARLINGS, by Rose Jermusyk.
Animals are us…
GIRAFFE, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
Animal? Human? Both entwined…
THE FLEA MARKET, by Marie Davis and Margaret Hultz.
And why shouldn’t our hero be a tick named Harold?…
BALANCE, by David D. Horowitz.
Humans, animals, where’s the line anyway?…
THE KOI WHO WANTED TO BE A CAT, by Ronnie Pontiac.
Is the Law of Desire a Law of Everything That Lives?…
SEA-MONKEY NECKLACE, by R.J.Fox.
Hard to imagine another species that would imagine, and wear, a sea-monkey necklace…
THE TOD BLOG mourns the passing of the poet David Budbill and remembers his tenderness with our attempts to become more human…THE ARCADIA PROJECT is big on those attempts, too…and JAM TODAY finding itself with a generous luxury of red peppers reminds it that it loves being human…
This issue’s picture contributed by EAP’s own photography editor R.C.Irwin…check out his strange and evocative photos in the Exterminating Angel Press book PARK SONGS, the last published book by David Budbill…
Next issue is 1 January, and it’s the WINTER 2017: THE FUTURE IS BEHIND US issue…contributions by 1 December, please…
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