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Sep 20, 20223 min read
[Essay] Working Retail. Drunk.
by Dian Sousa Rivers and streams pass by, the sea passes and remains. This is how we must love it, faithful and fleeting. I wed the sea....
![[Poetry] Two poems by Vishaal Pathak](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fcfd3ee298434dfd9b8d9446c015b1ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_fcfd3ee298434dfd9b8d9446c015b1ed~mv2.jpg)
Sep 13, 20222 min read
[Poetry] Two poems by Vishaal Pathak
La Jolla I still remember that evening the Pacific crept up on me. Glistening in the distance– I chanced upon her simmering just over the...
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Sep 6, 20224 min read
[True Horror] Date City
By Robert Hamilton TW: mentions of SA Rumor has it that Date City, a small town near Holtville, California, is haunted by several...
![[Fiction] Saving Face](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ce078d20afa7419f87fda5fa40f06d4b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_ce078d20afa7419f87fda5fa40f06d4b~mv2.jpeg)
Aug 30, 202212 min read
[Fiction] Saving Face
By Kathryn E. McGee I don’t recognize him at first, not until he says my name. “Peach?” My boyfriend, Kyle, is seated and waiting in the...
![[Photography] Interview with Isabella Suell](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_ff6c0153038045cdba91fe222b71ba28~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_ff6c0153038045cdba91fe222b71ba28~mv2.jpg)
Aug 23, 20224 min read
[Photography] Interview with Isabella Suell
by AM Larks In honor of this year’s International Coastal Cleanup day (September 17), The Wave is featuring photography works from...
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Aug 15, 20223 min read
[Book Review] We Are the Land: A History of Native California
A review by Leslie Gonzalez California is the most socioeconomic and culturally diverse state in the U.S. With a population pushing...
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Aug 9, 20228 min read
[Essay] Hemingway's House
by Simone Goldstone I arrived one week ago in Key West with my traveling companions: a boy I thought I loved, Sam, his girlfriend, Marie,...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
[Poetry] Two poems by Audrey Daniels
Flight 11-16 No matter how hard I looked, no matter how hard I tried, I could not separate the ocean from the sky. Cat’s Eyes Catch the...
![[True Horror] The Death House](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec30f6a8c8964729af7b702986877bdf.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ec30f6a8c8964729af7b702986877bdf.jpg)
Jul 26, 20224 min read
[True Horror] The Death House
by Robert Hamilton Holtville, California, once known for being the carrot capital of the world, was a small farming town that helped feed...
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Jun 14, 20229 min read
[Fiction] How to Make Light Come
by Juniper Soledad is making out with my dead body on a bed of sand. Paper seagulls dangle from the ceiling. A video camera is set-up on...
![[Interview] with Becky Benson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_da88fc70341c4692ad125c631c1e52e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_da88fc70341c4692ad125c631c1e52e7~mv2.jpg)
Jun 7, 20224 min read
[Interview] with Becky Benson
by AM Larks [KELP JOURNAL] Normally at Kelp we like to exhibit multiple works from an artist, but when I asked you for more pieces you...
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May 31, 20224 min read
[Book Review] Darling Girl
by Chih Wang Liz Michalski’s Darling Girl is a reimagining of the Peter Pan world—world because it doesn’t retell the story of Peter Pan...
![[Essay] History Repeats Itself](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_f92671913c314792a93b3e9871a2fb3f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_360,h_437,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_f92671913c314792a93b3e9871a2fb3f~mv2.jpg)
May 24, 20223 min read
[Essay] History Repeats Itself
by Kaia Gallagher The story of her harrowing escape remained etched on her face. Years of fear, grief, and sorrow carved deep worry lines...
![[Poetry] Two Poems by Maria Maldonado](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_7646f773ed974499b46684dafbcd1890~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_7646f773ed974499b46684dafbcd1890~mv2.jpg)
May 17, 20222 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Maria Maldonado
Puerto Rico Chaos without danger. Suddenly three lanes are two No honking In Bayamon, we are cowboys Drive over grassy medians Leave the...
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May 10, 20222 min read
[True Horror] Travertine Rock
by Robert Hamilton I was assigned to the Salton City station in the 1980s. At the time, there were only two deputies assigned to the...
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May 3, 20227 min read
[Fiction] Laguna
by Matthew Johnson Breath in. Breath out. The blue mask covering Cassie’s mouth and nose rose and swelled like foam, trapping in her...
![[Interview] with Juan-Carlos Perez](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52c352_e3a2df84a9014b47b13a33ebcb483913~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1512,h_1136,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/52c352_e3a2df84a9014b47b13a33ebcb483913~mv2.jpg)
Apr 26, 202216 min read
[Interview] with Juan-Carlos Perez
by AM Larks Click each image to enlarge. [KELP JOURNAL] With multi-media artists, such as yourself, I am always curious how they choose...
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Apr 19, 20223 min read
[Book Review] Sabrina & Corina
by Leslie Gonzalez Sabrina & Corina is hopelessly beautiful. In eleven short stories, Kali Fajardo-Anstine weaves soft yet biting tales...
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Apr 12, 20221 min read
[Essay] Terrible and True
by Evan Baughfman “Anybody hear us up there?!” voices shrieked beneath the waves of Pearl Harbor. Everyone heard. *** Trapped inside the...
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Apr 5, 20222 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Cat Darby
Lake Constellations At Lake Constellations, stars mirror in small ripples, glimmer lace tumbles to a boulder crack. Inside diamondbacks...
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