Dance of the Jakaranda is a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection
Dance of the Jakaranda featured as a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection!
February 2017 News & Features
Now Available: Dance of the Jakaranda
Now Available: Dance of the Jakaranda, by Peter Kimani.
“Insight” by Sean Connolly
A liquid light cleanses the air, splashes mirrors across the passing car windows. Here she comes, obesity incarnate, à la Samantha, trudging along oblivious to the sun puddles on the sidewalk . . .
“The Umbrella” by Will Whitson
It all started with that damned umbrella . . .
Now Available: SPOKE
Now Available: SPOKE by Scott Crawford.
“Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig” by Tonya Liburd
You had terminal, aggressive cancer this time, and today was the day you died from it at home . . .
“Blackwater” by Mark Cowling
Her message said eight and so I was there eight sharp like a good little lapdog. Marla had a way of reaching inside of me and ripping out my backbone . . .
“The Yellow Dress” by Christopher Miguel Flakus
It had been two years since I had a drink, and life was looking up. I was in Cuernavaca, Mexico, taking care of my grandfather. . .