*Ligaw-insik Maybe we can be together. Maybe I can say the words. What can I whisper? My shoes brace against the metal gate. I am a key now and somehow …
VOX: IVY ALVAREZ
Vox: IVY ALVAREZ The Verity La Forum was conducted by Alec Patric from July 2011 to December 2011 Forum Question: A New Archaeology The rise of e-publishing is already enshrining …
NEGOTIATING DEATH: an interview with Ivy Alvarez
ALEC PATRIC We often negotiate with death when we write. There’s a last will and testament to everything we put down to paper. The literary act itself, hands a …
Dark Bathroom (Ivy Alvarez)
water fills your mouth as your glass eyes stare from underneath the tap — the old tub holds you cold and mute and your back’s warmth leaches clockwise down the …
Garage [hat] (Ivy Alvarez)
cold creeps in—a song seeps through the cracks it depends on your neck the tie of your knot how your toes swing your fingertips tingle your tongue says the …