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Riggwelter

A journal of poetry, short fiction, visual art and experimental media.

Tag: essay

After David by Day Heisinger-Nixon

Posted on August 5, 2020 by riggwelterpress

The first time I received a name– the way most people come into the possession of one, legally, culturally, socially–… Read more After David by Day Heisinger-Nixon

A Religion of Disease by Julianne Carew

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 by riggwelterpress

Content Warning: This essay contains explicit sexual content and drug use, as well as medical situations.   I found out… Read more A Religion of Disease by Julianne Carew

Used to Express Exasperation or Boredom by Beki

Posted on July 17, 2020July 20, 2020 by riggwelterpress

It’s Friday evening at 6:30pm. And, as with every Friday at 6:30pm during lockdown, my family is on a collective… Read more Used to Express Exasperation or Boredom by Beki

A naïve and sentimental baker by Zeynep Rade

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by riggwelterpress

With respect to Friedrich Schiller. My mother couldn’t cook. I remember her taking a sandwich up to her bedroom after… Read more A naïve and sentimental baker by Zeynep Rade

An Informative Blackout by Jane Simonetti

Posted on July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 by riggwelterpress

Riggwelter would like to preface this work with a strong content and trigger warning. If you are in any way… Read more An Informative Blackout by Jane Simonetti

Quality Programming in the 90s by Chris Prewitt

Posted on June 13, 2020June 12, 2020 by riggwelterpress

Home Release Wednesday, May 21, 1997, a day spent in anticipation of watching Mortal Kombat the movie on VHS. My… Read more Quality Programming in the 90s by Chris Prewitt

Booker T. Washington and Childish Gambino: Masters of Form by Kathleen Minor

Posted on June 10, 2020 by riggwelterpress

In May of 2018 Childish Gambino put out his video for “This is America,” in which he danced alongside school… Read more Booker T. Washington and Childish Gambino: Masters of Form by Kathleen Minor

The Tragedy of Sylvia Plath by Annie Blake

Posted on June 8, 2020 by riggwelterpress

Sylvia Plath died by suicide. She stuck her head in an oven with the gas turned on and waited till… Read more The Tragedy of Sylvia Plath by Annie Blake

On Violence, Snuff Films, and Morbid Curiosity, by Andrew Jason Jacono

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 by riggwelterpress

Riggwelter would like to preface this work with a strong content warning. If you are in any way sensitive to… Read more On Violence, Snuff Films, and Morbid Curiosity, by Andrew Jason Jacono

Teacher, Lover by Brandon M. Stickney

Posted on May 20, 2019 by riggwelterpress

Her name should not appear here. It’s been thirty years and it’s still on my lips. It was the 1980s,… Read more Teacher, Lover by Brandon M. Stickney

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