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Art by Ryan Doran

Retort Magazine — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:13:45 +0000

Ryan Doran is a mixed-media artist with a focus on urban street-art themes. The work itself is a unique hybrid of collage, painting and street-style graffiti. The paintings fuse the grittiness of the street with . . . → Read More: Art by Ryan Doran

Breasts Like Death-Sacks by Jessica Bates

Retort Magazine — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:51:24 +0000

The clock said 5:32 p.m. It was Thursday, and I sat in a chair with my legs up in another chair, and my book was open in my lap, and I was writing. The doors to the gallery were propped open, and the sky was turning from blue/white to pink/yellow/red as the sun got . . . → Read More: Breasts Like Death-Sacks by Jessica Bates

Three Poems by Sushil Sivaram

Retort Magazine — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:43:49 +0000

Taxi Hears

Dogs have an acute sense of hearing; Taxi must feel sick in war – 18, or 19 muscles move her ears;

the tear of rhythm, racket, report of what, where: Afghanistan, Gaza, Kashmir, Dafur, Chechnya, in bed- rooms and kitchens

where torn in wind, like flags, paper cease- fires rend, a topography . . . → Read More: Three Poems by Sushil Sivaram

Five Poems by Kenneth Kesner

Retort Magazine — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:15:22 +0000

i can’t wait here her fate so alarming whispers by every margin origami in place she statues lone where i don’t know where secrets come from how they’re found somewhere else maps lie don’t they hold a story of the lost

imitation autographs

you’ll answer stop seeming so far now and now we’ll . . . → Read More: Five Poems by Kenneth Kesner

A Selection of Art from Retort’s Tumblr Feed

Retort Magazine — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:56:19 +0000

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