the umbrella factory

"In the smallest sense, we are an online literary magazine. In the broadest sense, the scope of the project includes Umbrella Factory small press publications, workshops, reading series, community events and (in the long haul) a home-base, independent bookstore where we can centralize our most heady aspirations."

kseniya simonova, from ukraine

our family writes haiku

My art? To observe
Your blog is inspiration
Keep submitting please!

mary de verges

donna the horse, croatia

mao mao

i don't feel quite myself these days. i've been journaling as other people. i've been getting into character, i've been trying to make myself laugh and weep. i've been writing down things i wouldn't say or maybe i would say. i've been closing my eyes and swishing towards the floor and breathing real real deep, i haven't been myself these days. i mean, i'm playing this character these days, all these characters, singing and shouting and whispering real soft like and learning and growing, this other person, really, i have been more myself these days.

Gold.

The Cure = Gold

let the season begin...

I'm not over you, so can I get back under?
more...

lina, emma, maya

this is how my hometown welcomed 2010