“Dirge of the Gourd” now available
Durian Gourd, a poet from Vermont, releases his debut chapbook. Click here to read online for free.
Now available — Epater.org Spring 2024 issue
Featuring new poetry by Adam Spiegelman, Taylor Hagood, Durian Gourd, Alexander Blagrave, Holly Payne-Strange, and Anthony David Vernon. Fiction by T.R. Healy, and Robert Pettus.
“Two Poems from Clauses of Haruki Murakami’s Hunting Knife”
With that dreamy, surreal quality to his prose, how might Haruki Murakami’s writing sound when repackaged into poetry — even when clauses are taken and used right out of the box?
“Sam Sulek,” a Short Story by Durian Gourd
When a late-night grocery store clerk encounters bodybuilder Sam Sulek he must confront deeply held feelings of impotence.