Manual labor, recurring dreams, and difficult coworkers are just some of the things that help me connect with “Freight Dreams” by John Poch. The essay, published [...]
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In the Vol. 18, no. 2 issue of Five Points, Kirk West recalls the blues scene in Chicago during the late 60s in his piece, “Blues [...]
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It’s frightening—a life not known, the constant wonder about what the future might hold. Even worse is being caught up in it all and forgetting [...]
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There’s something I have in common with “Easeful Death,” featured in Five Points, Vol 11, no.3. An ugly feeling, one that lurks in the backseat of [...]
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Grief makes us different people. There is a clarity and thoughtfulness that is based in the loss of someone or something dear to you. You begin [...]
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Geoff Bouvier’s “Cosmic Joke” from Five Points Volume 17, No. 3 reminds me of the core of what drives the human need to have a sexual [...]
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