"if you’ve watched a three-year-old building a fort, you know that all of our efforts have an aspect of futility"

Read two new poems by Judy Halebsky, now at Scoundrel Time

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https://scoundreltime.com/two-poems-by-judy-halebsky/

Exciting news--an essay from Scoundrel Time literary journal has been recognized as "Notable" in the 2023 Best American Essays edited by Vivian Gornick. The essay, "A Thousand Times More than a Thousand Times More: a Working Class Boy Surveys the Altitudes of American Money" by David Engelhardt, is about trying to straddle two worlds.

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https://scoundreltime.com/a-thousand-times-more-than-a-thousand-times-more-a-working-class-boy-surveys-the-altitudes-of-american-money/

And when I’m shining
my mouth harps after
a solitary session of practice,
I ask the piece of flag
if she knows when,
When will this end?

From the poem "Ultimate Multis" by the late Kevin McIlvoy at Scoundrel Time.

https://scoundreltime.com/ultima-multis/

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I'm thrilled to say that "Just Her Luck," a short story by Laura Jamison published in Scoundrel Time, has been selected for "Special Mention" in the new 2023 edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology!

You can read it here: https://scoundreltime.com/just-her-luck/

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