http://www.literal-latte.com A Journal of Poetry, Prose and Art Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/02/upcoming-reading/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/02/upcoming-reading/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:03:16 +0000 The Editors http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1148 http://www.literal-latte.com/2010/02/upcoming-reading/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/escape/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/escape/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:08 +0000 John Shea http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1038 Honorable Mention, Latte Short Short Awards 2009 We've been told to escape. We've been told not to expect assistance, given the circumstances. We've been told that the enemy is not merely closer but is inside....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/escape/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/respiratory-system-resuscitator/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/respiratory-system-resuscitator/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:06 +0000 John Shea http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1050 A Tale from Websters... "I should have taken better care of myself." After drink and drugs and various forms of excess — some better left in memory's shadows — his hands occasionally shook and his respiratory system was . . . well, let's just say it was not always reliable...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/respiratory-system-resuscitator/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/last-meal/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/last-meal/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:05 +0000 Ellen Peckham http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1042 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/last-meal/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/tidewater-breakdown/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/tidewater-breakdown/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:04 +0000 Sarah McCraw Crow http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1022 Second Prize 2009 Latte Fiction Awards. Brian was late getting home — he'd gone surfing with Rob, down at Rudee Inlet, and they'd stayed out a little too long, waiting for one decent spring wave — but even now, Carly's minivan wasn't in the driveway....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/tidewater-breakdown/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/permanent-stains/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/permanent-stains/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:03 +0000 Eileen Malone http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1020 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/permanent-stains/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/virgin-flight-244-chicago-to-heathrow/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/virgin-flight-244-chicago-to-heathrow/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:02 +0000 M. M. De Voe http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1036 First Prize 2009 Latte Short Short Contest. In airborne darkness, the pain of birth. She grabs her neck just above the locket and feels the pointy head of a small creature...]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/virgin-flight-244-chicago-to-heathrow/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/audition/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/audition/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:01 +0000 M. M. De Voe http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1031 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/audition/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/child-of-the-world/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/child-of-the-world/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:20:59 +0000 Chelsea Langford http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1044 Review: Far From Algiers by Djelloul Marbrook. A full half year ago now, I found myself dropped lightly and very unceremoniously in another part of the world. I saw my new city from the iced-over plane window: orange and terracotta browns in a circle of antiquity....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/child-of-the-world/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/beth-robinson/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/beth-robinson/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:20:58 +0000 Beth Robinson http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=1048 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/beth-robinson/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/offerings/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/offerings/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:36:42 +0000 Laurel Bastian http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=814 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/offerings/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/what-frommers-left-out/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/what-frommers-left-out/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:36:29 +0000 Laurel Bastian http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=819 Winner 2009 Food Verse Contest. The Ristorante di Memoria has a zealot for a chef....]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/what-frommers-left-out/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/god-of-books/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/god-of-books/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:36:09 +0000 Margi Fox http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=821 First Prize 2009 Latte Essay Awards. My uncle Henry Robbins was the God of Books. When a massive heart attack felled him at New York's 14th Street subway station nearly three decades ago, he was also Dutton's Editor-in-Chief. Others may have written the books, but he brought them full blown to life[...]]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/god-of-books/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mares-eat-oats/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mares-eat-oats/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:53 +0000 George Dila http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=854 Second Prize 2009 Latte Fiction Awards. We got this assignment in our Adult Ed creative writing class, the assignment being to write a little story about our mother, Mother's Day being just a couple of weeks away, and all. Just one page. Like a sketch or a vignette. A little scene, maybe, with some action and dialogue. ]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mares-eat-oats/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/nature-vs-nurture/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/nature-vs-nurture/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:35 +0000 Carol Winters http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=845 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/nature-vs-nurture/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/depersonalization/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/depersonalization/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:08 +0000 Virginia Aronson http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=849 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/depersonalization/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/summer/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/summer/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:34:48 +0000 The Editors http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=875 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/summer/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/carl-gopal/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/carl-gopal/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:34:21 +0000 Carl Gopal http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=873 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/carl-gopal/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mr-benz/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mr-benz/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:35:23 +0000 Luke Fiske http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=836 First Prize 2009 Latte Fiction Awards. My wife came home that first evening with a note. Dear Karen, I seem to be lying here more and more thinking about how grateful I am to you, and what a special person you are[...]]]> http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/06/mr-benz/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/come-join-literal-latte-at-the-magathon-and-the-litmag-fair-on-may-30th-31st/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/come-join-literal-latte-at-the-magathon-and-the-litmag-fair-on-may-30th-31st/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:49:01 +0000 The Editors http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=614 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/come-join-literal-latte-at-the-magathon-and-the-litmag-fair-on-may-30th-31st/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/a-small-rectangular-dredge/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/a-small-rectangular-dredge/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:43:19 +0000 Renée Bacher http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=362 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/a-small-rectangular-dredge/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/brian-booker/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/brian-booker/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:43:04 +0000 Brian Booker http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=374 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/brian-booker/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/sweet-sixteen/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/sweet-sixteen/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:42:41 +0000 The Editors http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=441 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/sweet-sixteen/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/book-of-cakes/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/book-of-cakes/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:42:29 +0000 Karen Ackland http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=365 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/book-of-cakes/feed/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/elsie-and-the-ladder/ http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/elsie-and-the-ladder/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:42:15 +0000 Abraham Schneider http://www.literal-latte.com/?p=370 http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/03/elsie-and-the-ladder/feed/