The Evergreen Review
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Join the underground generation. • A literary magazine pushing boundaries since 1957. Edited by Dale Peck, published by John Oakes. Now online, no paywall! Profile art by Senon Williams. https://evergreenreview.com
“My ancestors had been collecting in the house for a while already, my good vibes, my goddesses, good energy—call it whatever—and now this foolish man had brought his malevolence.”
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
Wash Away
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November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“My ancestors had been collecting in the house for a while already, my good vibes, my goddesses, good energy—call it whatever—and now this foolish man had brought his malevolence.”
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
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From the Soul: The Life and Music of Jesse Powell @evergreenreview.com
--A cool story about a hot player
--A cool story about a hot player
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
From the Soul: The Life and Music of Jesse Powell @evergreenreview.com
--A cool story about a hot player
--A cool story about a hot player
“Down at the end of the block there was a squat brick building that must have been a few hundred years old. She thought whatever had once gone on inside of there was none of her business.”
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
You are in a museum
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November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Down at the end of the block there was a squat brick building that must have been a few hundred years old. She thought whatever had once gone on inside of there was none of her business.”
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
“Three women stand in one of Wife Camille’s Malibu Canyon estate’s kitchens. They are waiting for the other Wives to arrive for a dinner party from hell.”
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
The Dinner Party from Hell
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Three women stand in one of Wife Camille’s Malibu Canyon estate’s kitchens. They are waiting for the other Wives to arrive for a dinner party from hell.”
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
“Mr. Martin was the first person any of us had ever met who had what we called—Sam was the one who came up with the word—‘class.’ Mr. Martin never wore T-shirts or warm-up clothes . . . .”
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
The Music Teacher
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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Mr. Martin was the first person any of us had ever met who had what we called—Sam was the one who came up with the word—‘class.’ Mr. Martin never wore T-shirts or warm-up clothes . . . .”
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
“You play like a man!
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
When the end begins and Other Poems
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November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“You play like a man!
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
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Tom Wilson is best known for his work with The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and Sun Ra, but he also wrote liner notes for his friends. In 1962 he penned the notes for Jesse Powell's soul-jazz album It's Party Time. More about Powell in the current evergreenreview.com
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November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tom Wilson is best known for his work with The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and Sun Ra, but he also wrote liner notes for his friends. In 1962 he penned the notes for Jesse Powell's soul-jazz album It's Party Time. More about Powell in the current evergreenreview.com
@evergreenreview.bsky.social
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Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
You are in a museum
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November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
“Some years ago, an elected official publicly compared me to a mass shooter. At the time, I was running for mayor of my hometown. I never imagined I’d be a political candidate, much less a suspected terrorist.”
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
Ford for Mayor
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November 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Some years ago, an elected official publicly compared me to a mass shooter. At the time, I was running for mayor of my hometown. I never imagined I’d be a political candidate, much less a suspected terrorist.”
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
“When I was a New York City kid living on 151st Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, many jazz musicians lived in that Sugar Hill (Harlem) neighborhood . . . .”
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“When I was a New York City kid living on 151st Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, many jazz musicians lived in that Sugar Hill (Harlem) neighborhood . . . .”
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
“The silver trailer full of live bulls
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant
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November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“The silver trailer full of live bulls
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
“I’m guessing that if you held a map of the world up to the comics attending the Riyadh festival, less than ten would be able to find Saudi Arabia . . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda
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November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“I’m guessing that if you held a map of the world up to the comics attending the Riyadh festival, less than ten would be able to find Saudi Arabia . . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
UPCOMING NYC EVENT ALERT! Sunday, November 9
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
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“Body Language”, a new one-act play by Dale Peck, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell (played by the luminous and licentious Jonah Wheeler), a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner fr...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
UPCOMING NYC EVENT ALERT! Sunday, November 9
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
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When I was writing my @evergreenreview.bsky.social essay on saxophonist Jesse Powell, I thought about the jazz comics of artist Howard Chaykin. Indeed, the artist has inspired my jazz leanings for years and I wanted the story to be literary homage to Chaykin's work. evergreenreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When I was writing my @evergreenreview.bsky.social essay on saxophonist Jesse Powell, I thought about the jazz comics of artist Howard Chaykin. Indeed, the artist has inspired my jazz leanings for years and I wanted the story to be literary homage to Chaykin's work. evergreenreview.com
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Coming up in Harlem in the 1970s Jesse Powell owned a candy store. Decades later I learned that he was also a respected saxophonist who once played with Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie. My story on Powell was published at @evergreenreview.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
I've said this before, but no one mixes pop culture and the personal as well as my friend @magonzales.bsky.social
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From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell
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October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Coming up in Harlem in the 1970s Jesse Powell owned a candy store. Decades later I learned that he was also a respected saxophonist who once played with Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie. My story on Powell was published at @evergreenreview.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.”
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
Afụnwaelotanna
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October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.”
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
“My ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ character was a fat, short, slutty, transmasculine lightfoot halfling bard named Apple (no relation to Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter).”
Up now in Evergreen’s DAS VIDEOSPIEL: “Bad Apple” by @natmesnard.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...
Up now in Evergreen’s DAS VIDEOSPIEL: “Bad Apple” by @natmesnard.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...
[DAS VIDEOSPIEL] Bad Apple
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October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“My ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ character was a fat, short, slutty, transmasculine lightfoot halfling bard named Apple (no relation to Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter).”
Up now in Evergreen’s DAS VIDEOSPIEL: “Bad Apple” by @natmesnard.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...
Up now in Evergreen’s DAS VIDEOSPIEL: “Bad Apple” by @natmesnard.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...
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Very grateful to @evergreenreview.bsky.social for taking these. People should know about Mondale (and about my favorite modern Spanish poet). Potentially attn @dfl.org too?
“Maybe it’s good you never got to see
what our generation did: loss most of the way,
ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
what our generation did: loss most of the way,
ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
At the Grave of Walter Mondale and Other Poems
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October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Very grateful to @evergreenreview.bsky.social for taking these. People should know about Mondale (and about my favorite modern Spanish poet). Potentially attn @dfl.org too?
“Maybe it’s good you never got to see
what our generation did: loss most of the way,
ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
what our generation did: loss most of the way,
ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
At the Grave of Walter Mondale and Other Poems
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October 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Maybe it’s good you never got to see
what our generation did: loss most of the way,
ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
what our generation did: loss most of the way,
ambulances in reverse on rickety bridges . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “At the Grave of Walter Mondale” and two more poems by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Art by Betsy Weis. evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
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New essay up on @evergreenreview.bsky.social where I talk about my hot Baldur's Gate 3 character, POV in video games & the indie game dev work I've been doing as part of @unquietgames.bsky.social: evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...
[DAS VIDEOSPIEL] Bad Apple
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October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New essay up on @evergreenreview.bsky.social where I talk about my hot Baldur's Gate 3 character, POV in video games & the indie game dev work I've been doing as part of @unquietgames.bsky.social: evergreenreview.com/read/bad-app...
Streaming live now!: check out “Last Call – DemocracyICED,” Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese (LigoranoReese)'s installation of a 3,000-pound ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” that will slowly melt away throughout the day today on the National Mall.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Streaming live now!: check out “Last Call – DemocracyICED,” Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese (LigoranoReese)'s installation of a 3,000-pound ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” that will slowly melt away throughout the day today on the National Mall.
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“Lagos is a hard place. Our brothers, uncles, or cousins keep promising to set us up as soon as they can. But we know better. We know that they never wanted us here in the first place.”
Up now: “Arewa Boys” by Hussani Abdulrahim. Art by jc lenochan. evergreenreview.com/read/arewa-b...
Up now: “Arewa Boys” by Hussani Abdulrahim. Art by jc lenochan. evergreenreview.com/read/arewa-b...
Arewa Boys
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October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Lagos is a hard place. Our brothers, uncles, or cousins keep promising to set us up as soon as they can. But we know better. We know that they never wanted us here in the first place.”
Up now: “Arewa Boys” by Hussani Abdulrahim. Art by jc lenochan. evergreenreview.com/read/arewa-b...
Up now: “Arewa Boys” by Hussani Abdulrahim. Art by jc lenochan. evergreenreview.com/read/arewa-b...
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I've got some new poems @evergreenreview.bsky.social (read the whole new issue, it's lovely) evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
At the Grave of Walter Mondale and Other Poems
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October 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I've got some new poems @evergreenreview.bsky.social (read the whole new issue, it's lovely) evergreenreview.com/read/at-the-...
“Alone in my room, imagining
your shirt opening, my big hands
finally useful in the twilight,
I reestablish you atom by atom.”
Up now in our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “Whom I Have Loved So Long” and two more poems by Jeremy Radin. Art by Julia Schwartz. evergreenreview.com/read/pattern...
your shirt opening, my big hands
finally useful in the twilight,
I reestablish you atom by atom.”
Up now in our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “Whom I Have Loved So Long” and two more poems by Jeremy Radin. Art by Julia Schwartz. evergreenreview.com/read/pattern...
Patterner and Other Poems
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October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Alone in my room, imagining
your shirt opening, my big hands
finally useful in the twilight,
I reestablish you atom by atom.”
Up now in our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “Whom I Have Loved So Long” and two more poems by Jeremy Radin. Art by Julia Schwartz. evergreenreview.com/read/pattern...
your shirt opening, my big hands
finally useful in the twilight,
I reestablish you atom by atom.”
Up now in our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “Whom I Have Loved So Long” and two more poems by Jeremy Radin. Art by Julia Schwartz. evergreenreview.com/read/pattern...
“A hush falls on the class as you are wheeled in one morning, your neck frozen in a cervical collar, both legs and an arm in a cast.”
—“My Heart and the Parts of You That Break” by Michelle Enehiwealu Iruobe. Art by Christopher Schade. evergreenreview.com/read/my-hear...
—“My Heart and the Parts of You That Break” by Michelle Enehiwealu Iruobe. Art by Christopher Schade. evergreenreview.com/read/my-hear...
My Heart and the Parts of You That Break
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October 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“A hush falls on the class as you are wheeled in one morning, your neck frozen in a cervical collar, both legs and an arm in a cast.”
—“My Heart and the Parts of You That Break” by Michelle Enehiwealu Iruobe. Art by Christopher Schade. evergreenreview.com/read/my-hear...
—“My Heart and the Parts of You That Break” by Michelle Enehiwealu Iruobe. Art by Christopher Schade. evergreenreview.com/read/my-hear...