Online Poetry Workshop with Jessica Piazza
Barrelhouse online workshops are the perfect way to feel like a grownup in between summer frivolity. You could learn more about poetry on...
Demolition, by Ryan Murphy
It took me beating my dad at ping-pong to realize that Demolition were just a couple of middle-aged fat guys in S&M gear. Back when I was...
The Order of Elimination: Lessons Learned from the 1988 WWF Royal Rumble Match, by Todd Kaneko
20. ‘The Natural’ Butch Reed We have comse to watch the Royal Rumble, the ultimate battle royal, and you are a natural warrior. We have...
1985, by Aaron Burch
Vernon “Ernie” Cervid turned five years old. By the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Ox. Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term as...
The Kid Before the Heartbreak, by Amy Rossi
I’m only going to let you down. He said this before he even had a second drink. I was walking toward the jukebox, and I didn’t even...
#BHRoast
a found essay compiled using tweets from our Twitter-based 10th birthday roast on 2/17/14. All tweets found by searching #BHRoast. Let’s...
Captain Lou, by Rob MacDonald
A rainbow of rubberbands twisted into your beard, you housebroke George “The Animal” Steele, played Mario, brave little plumber, fat...
Nature Boy, C'est Moi, by Matthew Duffus
At puberty I changed my allegiance from Hulk Hogan to Ric Flair, that kiss-stealing, jet-flying limousine-riding son-of-a-gun. Tired of...
Jimmy Snuka Loves the World, by Daniel Romo
I stood on the edge of my bed—ready to leap, sign language I love you inches from the ceiling declaring that my descent was more than...
Self-portrait in a 19-inch Magnavox, by Randolph Pfaff
I. I stood in line for an hour at a furniture liquidation warehouse to meet a man in face paint, neon spandex, and feathered hair. A man...