Speaking In Italics sec/ZINE THOUGHTFUL THEMES: This story is

THOUGHTFUL THEMES: This story is sweet and affirming and also shares a simple but powerful message about the meaning behind the Festival of Lights

By: Jeffery H

Whosoever beholds the aloe will be pushed into the Shadowlands

of queer love

from Australia to Japan

Speaking In Italics sec/ZINE THOUGHTFUL THEMES: This story isBy Gregg Shapiro Speaking In Italics, the fifth book of Gregg Shapiro's Talking Heads inspired pentagony, is here! If youre lucky enough to have heard Gregg Shapiro read his poems aloud, then you know hes always speaking in italics: bold, clear, emphatic. This new chapbook hones the boldness and deepens the clarity. There are moon bright clouds, women drinking coffee till their lips are blue as tar. Its cinematic, with cameos by Joni, Marilyn,