Hypertext Interview with Tracy O’Neill
July 8, 2020
By Gee Henry Tracy O’Neill’s second novel Quotients is what used to be called a “systems novel,” which is to…
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Excerpt: Chris Green’s AMERICAN GUN: A POEM BY 100 CHICAGOANS
June 4, 2020
Man’s power has always been great, yet so has indifference. When halos head hollow bodies, it’s tragic, part of being human. (93-Michael O’Daniel) Indifference.…
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One Question: Chris Green
June 4, 2020
Hypertext Magazine asked Chris Green, editor of American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicagoans, “Why did you use the pantoum…
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Excerpt: Timothy S. Miller’s CITY OF HATE
May 21, 2020
By Timothy S. Miller I know he’s dead because part of his skull is missing. I know he’s dead because…
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One Question: Timothy S. Miller
May 21, 2020
Hypertext Magazine asked Timothy S. Miller, author of City of Hate, “Are you nervous about alienating potential readers of  City…
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Hypertext Interview with Sara Rauch
May 7, 2020
By Rachel Swearingen Sara Rauch’s debut short story collection, What Shines From It, released this March by Alternating Current Press, is…
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Hypertext Interview With Billy Lombardo
April 29, 2020
Interviewed by Christine Maul Rice   Billy Lombardo’s masterfully realized Morning Will Come (Tortoise Books) explores what remains in the…
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One Question: Margo Orlando Littell
April 27, 2020
Hypertext Magazine asked Margo Orlando Littell, author of The Distance From Four Points, “How do the harsh, neglectful landlords of Four…
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Excerpt: Margo Orlando Littell’s THE DISTANCE FROM FOUR POINTS
April 27, 2020
By Margo Orlando Littell At four the next afternoon, Robin drove to 1118 ½ to collect Anne Sackett’s delinquent rent.…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 24, 2020
By Edgar Castan People ask me why I take my dog everywhere. You see, my dog, Maya, is a ten-year-old…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 24, 2020
Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center to bring writing workshops to their clients.…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 23, 2020
Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center to bring writing workshops to their clients.…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 21, 2020
Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center to bring writing workshops to their clients.…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 20, 2020
Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center to bring writing workshops to their clients.…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 13, 2020
Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center to bring writing workshops to their clients.…
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Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration
April 10, 2020
Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Breakthrough Urban Ministries to bring writing workshops to their clients. This poem is…
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Hypertext Interview With Kelly Fordon
April 7, 2020
By Desiree Cooper Kelly Fordon’s second collection of short stories, I Have the Answer (Wayne State University Press), is a…
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Hypertext Interview With Sahar Mustafah
April 6, 2020
By Christine Maul Rice Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos…to celebrate a world that lies spread…
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In Praise of Silence, Loneliness, and Boredom by Patricia Ann McNair
April 1, 2020
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still —from “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda They gave…
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The Lunatic, The Lover, and The Lawyer by David Bontumasi
March 30, 2020
Most movie stars have had plastic surgery, I’m sure of it, even  the young ones. They have that work done…
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Harvest Time by B.L. Makiefsky
March 24, 2020
Jesse peered out the window and saw Mrs. Wilcox, the caseworker who wouldn’t give his mother bus tickets home. This…
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The Opposite of Love by Alexis Bowe
March 20, 2020
It’s drizzling as I descend the concrete steps of the Western Springs Metra station. I consider turning around and hopping…
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The Sexy Stillness of Church by Steve Hughes
March 20, 2020
I meet my date—ready for this—at the Port Bar, the weird one on Joseph Campau with a sign out front…
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All Dressed Up and Nowhere by Steve Hughes
March 20, 2020
We are late for her friend’s annual Halloween party, me and Frida. She is tapping her foot about the slow…
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Jesus and His Bad Headache by Steve Hughes
March 19, 2020
The school gives us boys clip-on ties to wear. They dig a red mark into my neck. I hate Catholic…
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Wiener Tape by Steve Hughes
March 18, 2020
The last straw is when my roommate tells everyone that I stole sixty bucks from her dresser. Fuck that! I…
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Night Ops by Miranda Dennis
March 12, 2020
Right before my boyfriend broke up with me, he had been updating me with careful regularity on his and his…
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The Most Beautiful Woman to Ever Leave Athens, Georgia by Jesse Sensibar
March 11, 2020
I separated burned bodies from charred helicopter seats and put pieces of  seat in blue plastic body bags. I once…
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The River Above by Margaret Erhart
March 9, 2020
We give thanks to the Stars who are spread across the sky like jewelry. We see them at night, helping…
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Hypertext Interview with Sadie Hoagland
March 6, 2020
By Christine Maul Rice Sadie Hoagland’s short story collection American Grief In Four Stages (West Virginia University Press) excavates the…
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