Besides the Music
By J. Todd Hawkins. Indelible in the memory of a sexual assault survivor is her attackers' laughter.
8 Years of Journalism in Verse
For He is Kind Unto the Evil
By J. Todd Hawkins. An American missionary in Uganda has been arrested after a racist assault on hotel workers.
When You Let Him in the Room
By J. Todd Hawkins. Country music is reckoning with its own #MeToo moment.
Manifesto of the Revolutionary League of Lonely Souls
By J. Todd Hawkins. In Japan on Valentine's Day, protesters resist romance capitalism.
Remembering Our Life Together as a Cigarette after the Cranberries Show
By J. Todd Hawkins. Dolores O’Riordan, singer of The Cranberries, has died at age 46.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Rope
By J. Todd Hawkins. A t-shirt sold at Walmart reads "Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required."
Cento: Hurricane Reel
By J. Todd Hawkins. In this cento, lyrics from country songs describe survival amidst natural disaster.
Leaving Houston
By J. Todd Hawkins. A poet reports on fleeing Houston during Hurricane Harvey.
