Blood Orange Review editor H.K.
Hummel discusses war, responsibility,
and creating
a new book with award-
winning poet
Brian Turner, author
of Here, Bullet
and Phantom Noise (coming in 2010) .
This is not a love story. It’s not a break up story,
either, I promise, although there are certain
unfortunate,
unavoidable resemblances: a soft-
spoken husband,
a woman, her charming but
inconsiderate lover ... [more]
I don’t remember which we accepted first for
this new issue, Addie Hopes’ prose piece “Not
a Love Story” or Sara E. Lamers’ poem “Proof:
A Love Story.” But I do remember what it felt
like: grabbing two pieces from a just opened
jigsaw puzzle and having them snap effortlessly
together ... [more]
Let the pile of bank notices rest on the table.
Let scrawny wildflowers sleep in their mason jar vase,
and let us obey their hush. Leave your tattered diary,
your observations. Let these episodical entries be ... [more]
A bird in the house was one.
When a robin flew in our open door
and almost beat itself to death
under the skillet cupboard,
we caught it in a dishtowel ... [more]