Music and Story by McKinley Johnson

Music and Story by McKinley Johnson

Music as a form of storytelling has been part of human culture since time immemorial, and something as simple as a few note can tell us a lot about a person or a world. We can watch a love story unfold over piano with sparing use of instruments like in Pixar’s Up, or...
Prompt: verb by Debbie Johnson-Hill

Prompt: verb by Debbie Johnson-Hill

prompt: verb. assist or encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something American author Jonah Lehrer once said, “Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we’re rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the...
Community Building Behind Our Screens

Community Building Behind Our Screens

Why are you reading this? Why are you even on the internet? You wanted to build a community with someone. You wanted to reach through that ethereal bond of the internet and be able to say, “Yes, you get me. Please metaphorically hold my hand through the next episode...

We Slept Here, by Sierra DeMulder, Reviewed by Blythe Baird

We Slept Here Sierra DeMulder Button Poetry January 2015 ISBN 978-0989641586 58 pages Reviewed by BLYTHE BAIRD  Sierra DeMulder reflects on recovering from the trauma of an abusive relationship in We Slept Here with stunning yet jarring imagery. This collection never...