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Ray Reidenbaugh
Dobbs v. Jackson Tasting Menu
Ray Reidenbaugh

the pamplemousse / has finished rotting / everyone’s sky / under my french nails

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Ray Reidenbaugh
Tom Gartner
Pottery Royalty
Tom Gartner

On my third day in East Liverpool, I walked into an antique store on a narrow street that climbed gently up from the Ohio River.  Its neighbors were a boarded-up auto repair shop and a Christian bookstore, open but deserted. The sidewalks were empty, with grass growing in the cracks.

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Annie Schumacher
Two Poems from “My Sponsor Told Me to Break Plates”
Annie Schumacher

Either I will fall asleep or I will not. / If I fall asleep either I will dream vividly or I will not.

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Annie Schumacher
Candice M. Kelsey
Flesh and Bone Zuihitsu
Candice M. Kelsey

They think it’s been months since my mom tried to contact me. / The cousins say she’s reaching out to connect. I say it’s been years / of you are such a bitch and this whole family is done with you.

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Candice M. Kelsey
Irina Tall
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Irina Tall

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Vol. 2 No. 2
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The Line that Form Our Community: The Poetics of Black Joy

 We fail to teach joy as a writing praxis because the concept of joy is something we seek, whereas grief is something we sit in. Around us, joy does not seem as abundant as does the weight of grief.

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The Heart and Its Hunger
The Heart and Its Hunger

This piece is a part of our “Featured Collaborators” project, where we highlight the achievements of those who have helped make The Headlight Review possible. Today, we would like to extend our gratitude to Gregory Emilio for his support as our Guest Poetry Editor for Volume 2 of our magazine.

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I Didn’t Write This

Drafting is the struggle to write like yourself and read like someone else.

The “write like yourself” part sounds easy until you become a writer. You’ll find it takes years of chipping away at a block of granite to find the authentic writer-self within.

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Ray Reidenbaugh
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2
Dobbs v. Jackson Tasting Menu
Ray Reidenbaugh
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2

the pamplemousse / has finished rotting / everyone’s sky / under my french nails

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Ray Reidenbaugh
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2
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Tom Gartner
Fiction, Vol. 2 No. 2
Pottery Royalty
Tom Gartner
Fiction, Vol. 2 No. 2

On my third day in East Liverpool, I walked into an antique store on a narrow street that climbed gently up from the Ohio River.  Its neighbors were a boarded-up auto repair shop and a Christian bookstore, open but deserted. The sidewalks were empty, with grass growing in the cracks.

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Tom Gartner
Fiction, Vol. 2 No. 2
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Annie Schumacher
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2
Two Poems from “My Sponsor Told Me to Break Plates”
Annie Schumacher
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2

Either I will fall asleep or I will not. / If I fall asleep either I will dream vividly or I will not.

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Annie Schumacher
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2
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Candice M. Kelsey
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2
Flesh and Bone Zuihitsu
Candice M. Kelsey
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2

They think it’s been months since my mom tried to contact me. / The cousins say she’s reaching out to connect. I say it’s been years / of you are such a bitch and this whole family is done with you.

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Candice M. Kelsey
Poetry, Vol. 2 No. 2
Irina Tall
Irina Tall
Visual Art, Vol. 2 No. 2
Irina Tall
Irina Tall
Visual Art, Vol. 2 No. 2

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Irina Tall
Visual Art, Vol. 2 No. 2
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Joshua Wetjen
Fiction, Vol. 2 No. 2
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Joshua Wetjen
Fiction, Vol. 2 No. 2

Tonight, it’s clubbing. Tomorrow, Frannie says it’s an afternoon visiting an old temple in Stanley Market to see the pelt of the last real tiger ever in the territory.

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Joshua Wetjen
Fiction, Vol. 2 No. 2

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The Line that Form Our Community: The Poetics of Black Joy
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 We fail to teach joy as a writing praxis because the concept of joy is something we seek, whereas grief is something we sit in. Around us, joy does not seem as abundant as does the weight of grief.

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Feature
The Heart and Its Hunger
Feature
The Heart and Its Hunger
Feature

This piece is a part of our “Featured Collaborators” project, where we highlight the achievements of those who have helped make The Headlight Review possible. Today, we would like to extend our gratitude to Gregory Emilio for his support as our Guest Poetry Editor for Volume 2 of our magazine.

Read More →
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Feature
I Didn’t Write This
Feature

Drafting is the struggle to write like yourself and read like someone else.

The “write like yourself” part sounds easy until you become a writer. You’ll find it takes years of chipping away at a block of granite to find the authentic writer-self within.

Read More →
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Feature
Interrupted, An Essay in Fragments: Or, Write Like a Mother
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I have emailed and texted myself when I have an idea and my phone, but not a piece of paper and pen. What I like best is the moment when the kids are at school, and I sit in my brown reclining chair with a cup of coffee and maybe a cat next to me, or somewhere nearby, and I have time to think deep thoughts. Those days are rare and precious.

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