The Weekly Atticus (01/19/2019)

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January 19, 2019

A recap of the week at Atticus Review, along with some extras.

Dorothy BendelManaging Editor

ATTICUS NEWS

Atticus Review is happy to announce our second annual Poetry Contestjudged by Paul Guest.

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

FERAL TOWN by Adam Gustavson

psychoanaLITical: SUFFER, NOT SUFFERERBoo Trundle talks time, non-dualism, why some people don't fit, and A.D. 3011..."I'm been beefing myself up for so freakin' long with these books, I mean that's what we do right, we beef ourselves up with books, isn't that sort of what art and literature is for?"GO WATCH IT NOW

FICTION: TWO MICROFICTIONS by Frankie McMillan"We said we were going to church but we ran off to hide inside the trees. We breathed in their good smell, rubbed together our woody elbows."READ ON

POETRY: PUTTING THE FLOWERS OUTby Liz Ahl"so we’re slashing open the bags of potting soil,dumping them in the easiest-to-reach pots,pouring hastily like toddlers sloshing milkinto spilled over cereal bowls."READ ON

CNF: PRIMATOLOGYby Justin Florey"I walked down the hallway to my room. As I passed the bathroom, I saw my mother press her wedding ring into my father’s hand.'I can’t take anymore,' she said. 'I’ve had enough.'”READ ON

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POWERFUL QUEENSOn MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, THE FAVOURITE, and Misogynistic Backlashby Allyson Larcom"If men’s behavior in these films seems familiar...perhaps it’s because it’s reflective of the current cultural climate."READ ON

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