A Taste of the Dirty Napkin Archive
Below is a list of works from the Dirty Napkin's previous issues. If you become a subscriber you will have full access to all of these works (and those in current and future issues) as well as their audio recordings for one full year.
Issue 2.1, Winter (21 December 2008)
To My Child Kristina England
Toy Boat Toy Boat Toy Boat Sarah J. Sloat
Book Gods Jacqueline Garlitos
Chasing Tails Jared Ward
In Memoriam August Wilson (1945–2005) Michael Karl (Ritchie)
Ghosts of Women, Ghosts of Birds Linda L. Dove
Dames of Dumaine Kristin Fouquet
Climbing Courtney Bambrick
The Mage Susan Slaviero
All the Snow Is Off the Branches Now Cathryn Cofell
The Wolf the Morning After Lana Hechtman Ayers
Hard Frost Laura Grace Weldon
My Mother's Voice Claudia Reder
the 4 things I'd do Peter Schwartz
Skin of Electric Fish Chad Gusler
Marital Understudy Suzanne Richardson Harvey
Anniversary Kristin Kozlowski
Issue 1.4, Fall (22 September 2008)
Congratulations! You're a Good Person! Maggie Glover
Many Kingdoms Jay Udall
Pool Michael Trocchia
Satan is Overcome by Nonresistant Suffering Lisa Ortiz
I Ain't Never Donnelle McGee
Concerning These on Me Jess Wigent
Dining at the Swede House: Alma Wisconsin John Krumberger
H & M & R Leonard Kress
Fish Arms Carey Salerno
Meals Nancy Devine
Eggs Jaimie Gusman
After Sunday's Picnic Cheryl Byler Keeler
poem for mother's day Nic Sebastian
Poem with Father and Lions Jay Udall
Smuggling Dad Margaret A. Robinson
The Return of the Norseman Jeff Esterholm
Night Memory Jeanette Crossland
Solomon Is Sick and Takes a Cab Doug Ramspeck
Parable of the Mirror Doug Ramspeck
Unsent Letter to Words Yolanda Calderon-Horn
Pleasant Tense F. J. Bergmann
New Jersey Bill and the China Doll play blackjack M
The Ringing Lynn Patmalnee
when tricycles cease to exist J. A. Tyler
Issue 1.3, Summer (21 June 2008)
Poem I Would Rather Your Mother Not Read Christina Olson
Buffalo: One Thousand Feet Christina Olson
Dark Bars Christina Olson
First Four Christina Olson
The Why Christina Olson
Little Known Fact Number One Richard Garcia
Tickling the Ivories William Doreski
Curtsy to the Drain Pipe kelly boyker
The 37th Secret Love Poem Arlene Ang
Jane Morgan Harlow
Caveat Emptor Melody Sage
Vanilla L. J. Sysko
Powers Aaron Shulman
After Montale William Doreski
Lives in Decline Jayne Pupek
Orpheus' Head, Still Singing Brandi George
No One Richard Garcia
letter to me at 22, from me at 52 Margaret Stawowy
Relic Arlene Ang
Gravitational Lens George Moore
Their Eyes Were Open § VII Anne Marie Macari
Their Eyes Were Open § VIII Anne Marie Macari
S & R Morgan Harlow
Dinner Party Jayne Pupek
Thanksgiving Dinner in July Joanne Edelmann
lobelia Nanette Rayman Rivera
To the Light, Darkly Ted Jonathan
Ismene Brandi George
Sally Morgan Harlow
This dirty napkin Arlene Ang
Issue 1.2, Spring (20 March 2008)
Nocturne Paula McLain
Bog Man Paula McLain
Talk of Sports and Youth Turns to Sex and Mourning Howie Faerstein
untitled letter Therese Newman
How Oggy Did It Susan Kaplan
Reframing Her Paintings MaryAnn Franta Moenck
On the Fabric of the Human Body
Book I: Chapter 19: On the Bones of the Thorax Sandy Longhorn
Incision Carmella Braniger
Mothers' Apologia Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
Ko Samet Letter Hilary Disch
Cozy Cottage Karen Neuberg
Blue Chevies Jim Klein
Glimpse Scott M. Bade
Suckle Doug Ramspeck
core study: notes on an apple Peter Schwartz
Outdoor Café, October Sarah J. Sloat
Music and Skin David LaBounty
Night Music Stephan Delbos
Boy Scout Serenade at St Mary's Home for the Aged Brent Fisk
Everything Off Michael Cocchiarale
midflightmeteors Urayoán Noel
Public Pool Carmella Braniger
If the Beginning Is in Turn— John Pursley III
Issue 1.1, Winter (22 December 2007)
The New Thing Gerry LaFemina
Your Whole Life Would Be Different If You Had a Chart with Feet on It Gerry LaFemina
Reverse Self Portrait, Age Nine Jules Gibbs
untitled letter Alex Herning
Friday night picnic Bill Garvey
On a Definite Path to the Moon Abigail Keller
December Settles In Over HaverStraw Bay John Hoppenthaler
untitled haiku Randy M. Brooks
Korea Letters: The Drum Joanne Edelmann
The Lesson Jacqueline Garlitos
Where in the Story the Horse Mazy Dies Jane Mead
Korea Letters: Fifty Something . . . Women Joanne Edelmann
Back Home, after a Funeral Kristine Rae Anderson
Eastern Europe Jennifer Gravley
Korea Letters: Happy Thanksgiving Joanne Edelmann
a lie. Jenna Martin
No Sex, No Booze, No Cigarettes Lorraine Healy
Price of a Kiss Jeff Friedman
Korea Letters: Getting Paid—The Bank Joanne Edelmann
Heat Becky Hilliker
Enlightened Adam Fieled
Like a Bullet Dan Gallagher
O Positive Brad Liening
Sword Fighting Sid Miller
Envy Alicia Ostriker
Mineshaft Alicia Ostriker
Big Flat World Sharon Suzuki-Martinez
Being Familiar Michelle Menting
April Snow Cheryl Byler Keeler
untitled letter Jenna Polk
Кот Дмитрий Псурцев
The Cat by Dimitri V. Psurtsev translated by F. D. Reeve