Alyse Knorr

Jane’s pockets sag with smooth stones. She takes the incline easy, walks with eyes on the ground. Now and then, Then-Jane reaches back to hand her a piece of mottled slate. The green moss breathes and so does everything else. The Mariner stares directly into the sun and Jane feels suddenly proud—of the sun, of […]

Mariner and Cowboy move through the catalogue, eyeing the stacks admiringly to please both Janes. They rub the Braille books to their faces, fill the Rose room’s tables with travel guides, National Geographics, comic books and maps. Jane offers them geology, biology, Qu’ran, and Homer, but they are too far into their ’88 Batman: A […]

World language greetings   This is a present, a token. We are attempting to survive. We hope. We face. We step out. We know full well. Let there be Hello! To everyone—Are you well? Regards. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, whoever you are. Hello from the children of planet Earth, from the Earthlings, from the […]