[Book Review] Carmen and Grace
by Daniela Montes-Bellows Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino is a coming-of-age story set in Bronx, New York set during the 1990’s....
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- Jan 17
- 3 min
[Essay] If it be Your Will
By Sam Allen I hated southern Idaho. I had to go there. A few years ago, with my dad, for a full six weeks. Desert, high desert, little...
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- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
[Poetry] Two poems by Lori Zybala
Confluence Framing landscape, rocky existence Bodies of water, twisting ~ turning Path of direction known Single channel, controlled...
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- Nov 29, 2022
- 5 min
[Fiction] Situation on National Highway 52
By Ziaul Moid Khan The tires of my polar white Renault Duster screeched before coming to an abrupt halt on National Highway 52. I had...
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- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
[Photography] Interview with Mackenzie Gellner
by A.M. Larks Click on each image to view at full size. [KELP JOURNAL] I always like to start out asking photographers what they look for...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
[Poetry] Two poems by Gabrielle Grilli
Ode to the Horseshoe Crab Muck colored solid shell you shed & swap: a cycle—carapace sectioned in thirds, ten eyes spanning top of spiked...
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- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
[Book Review] The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
by Daniela Z. Montes Generational curses, an urban legend, and self-acceptance come together in a fast-paced haunting package in V....
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 8 min
[Essay] Moxi Mama
by Alissa Bird Roller skating is more than a sport; it’s a style, one that includes shiny spandex shorts, bikini tops, bright helmets,...
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- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
[Poetry] Two poems by Chris A. Smith
Morning in Pacifica Highway 1 ribbons down to the beach, the fog hanging wraithlike from the hills, a shroud upon the land. We stand on...
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- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
[Fiction] The Age of Knowing
by Lukas Tallent The first time they did it as husband and wife was at night in the shower of her cousin’s condo in Panama City Beach....
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- Oct 11, 2022
- 5 min
[Photography] Interview with Michael Naify
by A.M. Larks Click on each image to enlarge [KELP JOURNAL] “Extraction” is a series of photographs taken at what looks to be a mining...
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- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
[Poetry] Two poems by Luree Scott
by Luree Scott Beach Body Mossy, sticky brine Slithers around my spinal cord Mucus swirling around each vertebra Swelling my lungs like...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 4 min
[Book Review] 'The Secret Garden on 81st Street' by Ivy Noelle Weir Illustrated by Amber Padilla
Review by A.M. Larks Classic stories, including those for children, are classics because they capture some universal truth that resonates...
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- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
[Essay] Working Retail. Drunk.
by Dian Sousa Rivers and streams pass by, the sea passes and remains. This is how we must love it, faithful and fleeting. I wed the sea....
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- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
[Poetry] Two poems by Vishaal Pathak
La Jolla I still remember that evening the Pacific crept up on me. Glistening in the distance– I chanced upon her simmering just over the...
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- Sep 6, 2022
- 4 min
[True Horror] Date City
By Robert Hamilton TW: mentions of SA Rumor has it that Date City, a small town near Holtville, California, is haunted by several...
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- Aug 30, 2022
- 12 min
[Fiction] Saving Face
By Kathryn E. McGee I don’t recognize him at first, not until he says my name. “Peach?” My boyfriend, Kyle, is seated and waiting in the...
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- Aug 23, 2022
- 4 min
[Photography] Interview with Isabella Suell
by AM Larks In honor of this year’s International Coastal Cleanup day (September 17), The Wave is featuring photography works from...
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- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
[Book Review] We Are the Land: A History of Native California
A review by Leslie Gonzalez California is the most socioeconomic and culturally diverse state in the U.S. With a population pushing...
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- Aug 9, 2022
- 8 min
[Essay] Hemingway's House
by Simone Goldstone I arrived one week ago in Key West with my traveling companions: a boy I thought I loved, Sam, his girlfriend, Marie,...
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