By Mary Valle My last semester in college, I spent a lot of time taking phone calls from my brother...

By David Metcalfe   An urban youth lends no pastoral allure to chalky candy charms and flimsy cardboard tokens. Until, within...

By Anthea Butler   I used to hate Valentines day, until a dinner changed my mind. After a particularly ugly split from another fool...

By George González   No doubt, much of our contemporary consumer society is magical and ecstatic. This extends to our niche and...

By Genevieve Yue   A Valentine offering, lifted from the words of the late Edward Rondthaler, pioneer of the Rutherford photo-lettering machine...

By Jacob Glatstein Translated from the Yiddish by Peter Manseau My friend lives a satisfied life. He has a wife who loves...

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By S. Brent Plate   Love is not a shepherd's crook. I am not the great shepherd Reaching out to pull you in.   You...