Do yourself a favor:

Go here and read the following:

- under the City Slang link, read: Victor Navarro Jr.: Madman Laureate of Pittsburgh’s Little Italy by Jessica

My word, lady. You hit this out of the fucking park.

and, the links are up but not working yet(I’ll update on here when they are), be sure to read the following works in the latest New Yinzer:

[located under the “Invisible Cities” link]

-Three Prose Poems
A Bit About Inevitable, Baleen, and Letter to Gina
By: Nikki Allen (yours truly)

-Three Poems
cloth mother/wire mother, Inherit, Good Friday
by: Renee Alberts

..actually, go the Invisible Cities link and read them all, once the links are working. Other published writing includes Andy Mulkerin, Julie Sokolow, Jerome Crooks, and more.