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Dining and Desire At the End of the World

Una Vision del Futuro, Sin Titulo by Zev Gottdiener First there is a mountain/then there is no mountain/then there is! – Donavan Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think. -Octavio Paz You’re sitting in a restaurant with […]

“Monsieur Lazhar” is Wonderful

by Alec Horowitz Four Stars If there is a word to describe Monsieur Lazhar that word is compassion. That’s certainly what the teacher has for his students throughout this picture. This isn’t just a story about a good teacher. It’s a story about a good man as well, who is dealing with his own grief […]

For the Doulas

by Carmen Mojica The job as a keeper and guardian of the birth space is extremely important. I know it has been very hard for me to feel like my presence matters or is even valuable in the delivery room. I began reading Birthing From Within after my second birth, in which I felt like […]

Urban Design by Keith Moul

by Keith Moul Click Image to See Full Size KEITH MOUL’S STATEMENT OF ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY I do not restrict my subject matter except to common decency. Good photos require good light, or at least enough light to manipulate with editing software. Any photo taken may produce at least one version of itself that is worth […]

Poems by Carolyn Fargnoli

Poems written by Carolyn Fargnoli Aubade A lost song of morning. If it weren’t for the mockingbirds all night, you’d be rested. You never change & you are lost in winter & I can’t understand what is so wrong & the one-eyed owl hisses in its cage: he can’t see you approach & danger is […]

Not Resolving the Solstices

by Tom Bair and John Wilson of Future Machine Our own Tom Bair is a finalist in Write Bloody Publishing‘s 2012 book contest. One of twenty finalists, Tom was asked to make a video of himself performing a poem. So he grabbed John and John asked him to walk around. We at Circus Book ask […]

Shoe Charm

by Future Machine

The American Exodus in Light of Trayvon

by Tom Bair I I’ve decided to read the bible cover to cover, not because I am any more or less a Christian than I was at the start of the year, but because sections of this book have been read and reread for over two thousand years by three world religions, and If I […]

Sneak Peek

by Future Machine