Dopamine in my cola, I wait for the ping to paint the town of my body—The contours devolving from the diets of fascists. Every ad snarling at the carbs, taking a bite out of each increment of my buried self. I scroll the rosters of picket fence smiles, wait for the high, the glamor and […]
Cynthia Atkins
Cynthia Atkins, MFA, is the author of Psyche’s Weathers, In The Event of Full Disclosure (CW Books) and Still-Life With God (Saint Julian Press 2020). Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, BOMB, and elsewhere. Atkins has earned fellowships and prizes from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The Writer’s Voice, and Writers@Work. She is an interviews editor for American Microreviews and Interviews. She lives on the Maury River of Rockbridge County, Virginia, with artist Phillip Welch and their family. More work and info at www.cynthiaatkins.com.