The Hammer, the Sickle and the Heart: Trotsky and Kahlo in Mexico

Karen Kevorkian is a lecturer in creative writing at UCLA. Her poetry collections are White Stucco Black Wing, Lizard Dream, and Seeking Quivira, which is forthcoming. She is published in numerous journals, including Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Denver Quarterly, and Volt.

Karen Kevorkian

Peripheral Visionaries: On C. P. Rosenthal’s “The Hammer, the Sickle and the Heart: Trotsky and Kahlo in Mexico”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Imperfect Pastorals

“Shimmering Bits of Thought”: Gail Wronsky’s “Imperfect Pastorals”

"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry." — John Cage

Poetry

Karen Kevorkian is a lecturer in creative writing at UCLA. Her poetry collections are White Stucco Black Wing, Lizard Dream, and Seeking Quivira, which is forthcoming. She is published in numerous journals, including Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Denver Quarterly, and Volt.

Karen Kevorkian

Articles

Peripheral Visionaries: On C. P. Rosenthal’s “The Hammer, the Sickle and the Heart: Trotsky and Kahlo in Mexico”

“Shimmering Bits of Thought”: Gail Wronsky’s “Imperfect Pastorals”