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Mardi Gras Unease in the Big Easy When one thinks of New Orleans, Mardi Gras is perhaps the first phrase that comes to mind. Carnival season has come to define New Orleans more than anything else. Millions of people flock to the city every year to take part in the festivities. For the tourists that visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras, nothing but excitement and revelry is said about the holiday. Many locals, however, have developed a strikingly different attitude toward Carnival season. For the locals of New Orleans, Mardi Gras is not a period where the good times roll. Rather, it is a season of unease and exhaustion.
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The Way Words Move UsBy The Editors  We love videopoems here at Quail Bell and have published a lot of them in the past. That's why we're fascinated with other artists who are using this unique medium to communicate their art. We spoke with Dave Bonta of Moving Poems Weekly Digest to hear more about the unorthodox way videopoetry is changing the way we experience the classic art form:
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When It HurtsBy J. Ray Paradiso  So, I had a few pops after work an’ was feelin’ loosey-goosey.
Waddlin’ on d’lift to my pond on 12 + 1 atop Chicago’s DaftView, I Hello’d a Monroe blond, wound tight, on her way UP. “Do ya smell bug spray?” I quacked. “I think it’s my perfume,” she nada’d; then, bolted like a shootin’ star/let on Aphrodite’s floor. A friend once asked me, “How do you know when you’re being jerky?” “When it hurts,” I advised. “That’s brilliant,” he said. Ouch! The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Bill Allowing Removal of Confederate Monuments Dies In House  RICHMOND, Virginia — Tension filled the room Wednesday as a House subcommittee voted to kill a bill that would have let localities decide whether to remove or modify Confederate monuments in their jurisdictions.
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New VMFA Exhibit Looks Closely at 17th-Century LifeBy Madison Manske Capital News Service  RICHMOND, Virginia — An exhibit opening Saturday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts boasts an American collection of 17 th -century acclaimed artist Wenceslaus Hollar – that rivals only four other collections worldwide.
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Owning Your Darkness Vs. Drowning In It
By The Editors
Tragedy Queens is an anthology of stunning work by writers across genres, including Quail Bell founder Christine Sloan Stoddard. The anthology was edited and curated by Leza Cantoral and we were glad to have the opportunity to chat with Cantoral about Sylvia Plath, Lana del Rey, and balking against societal expectations as the anthology nears its one year anniversary. (Okay, the interview was all over e-mail, but welcome to the digital age.)
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The Cutlass That Could SingBy Jackie Huertaz  Photo of The Cutlass That Could Sing Visalia, Tulare County, 1993 When I was ten years old my father purchased a '76 Cutlass Supreme. His used ride was not in mint-condition, nor worthy of praise or car show drool. The Cutlass was a third-generation Oldsmobile coupe that differed in style and size from the original model. My father’s new ride was spacious compared to our '89 Suzuki Swift. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Essay: An Introduction to The King of Infinite Space (A Zine About Charlottesville 08.12.17)1/30/2019 I'm Still In That SpaceWords by Turner Youngblood Smith Art by Frankeweiler Editor's Note: The following is a reproduction of an out-of-print zine. The author currently works at a staffing company in Central Virginia. No questions about identity will be answered. The original work did not include this introduction. That part—featured here—is new. You can read the full zine here.  The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
A Visual Tour Through Virginia's March for EducationImages by Jenny Parks The Red for Ed march and rally saw teachers, and supporters, from across the state walk from the edge of Virginia Commonwealth University's campus to the state capitol in Richmond, Virginia where the crowd lobbied for fully funded public education.
"Virginia is $9300 behind the national average in teacher salaries," said Jenny Parks of the reasons many attended the march. "There were teachers and supporters as far as I could see in both directions. And lots of great signs!" The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
A Brooklyn Reading Series For Everyone Jess Martinez & Stacey Kahn at the one year anniversary for Big Words, Etc. reading series at Culturefix in New York City. My vote for the warmest and least pretentious literary reading series in New York City goes to Big Words, Etc., co-hosted by Jess Martinez and Stacey Kahn. Everyone is welcome and there's no pissing contest involved. No MFA? No book? No publishing credits anywhere at all? No problem. People come to Big Words because they want to hear good stories told by a variety of voices. The audience even gets to vote on the theme for the following reading. Most recently, I read at Big Words on January 9th and the theme was "seething." When Jess and Stacey announced that the seventh anniversary of the reading series was approaching this spring, I thought the time was right for a Quail Bell interview. Luckily (though unsurprisingly), they obliged. What follows are my questions with answers from both Jess and Stacey:
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