Better Than Chicago Danielle Susi I said I’d never leave Chicago, what could be better than Chicago. Than architecture & mustarded hot dogs & constant whir. Song of the city. Of catcalls & men following me onto the bus or off of the bus or standing too close waiting for the bus. Maybe Chicago…
Be Fruitflies and Multiply Danielle Susi Adam and his wife were both naked and felt no shame. When they lay in bed after twenty-seven mediocre minutes of touching and tugging, Adam allowed his wife to put her warm ear to the inside of his bicep. She rested her hand against the side of his ribcage…
Rivet 17 Women over 40 Wear Whatever They Fucking Want and the World Doesn’t End —Michelle Cruz Gonzales Rivet 17 explores the many ways that what’s visible and what’s hidden affect our lives – sometimes for worse, or for better. You’ll find: a heavily redacted narrative on longing, an amphibian tasked with healing family wounds, a…
Browse the Best of Rivet One of the greatest things about working on Rivet is that it gives us the opportunity to signal boost unique and powerful writers. We do this not just by publishing them here on the journal but also by putting their work in front of prize committees at the national level….
Rivet Issue 1 The inaugural issue of Rivet will take you to places on the map and in the mind that are both uncannily familiar and intimately foreign. Whether set in Midwestern suburbia or outer space, these pieces explore belonging, otherness, and the liminal spaces between. The twelve authors featured here include emerging and established…
