Brian Baumgart’s poetry collection, Rules for Loving Right, was released from Sweet Publications in 2017, and his writing has appeared in or forthcoming in a number of journals, including South Dakota Review, Noctua Review, and Whale Road Review. He is the Director of the Creative Writing Program at North Hennepin Community College, near Minneapolis, and 2018 Artist-in-Residence at University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecological Science Reserve. For more: briandbaumgart.wixsite.com/website.
I carried a doll into class today, buried in my briefcase like a dead bird. I’ve never carried a dead bird in my briefcase, but I’ve buried feathers and the most fragile bones in my mouth so when I speak, I offer the chance to fly. These fictions are what I tell myself in the deep dark but the doll… Read more →