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The Key Confirms a Prison

I don’t always lose my car keys, but every time I do, it feels like I always lose them. I have to go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I…

Aug 4

The Key Confirms a Prison

Aug 4

Ryan Latini

WHY CLARITY TERRIFIES ME AS A WRITER

I envy the writer who conceived of the simple imperative written on the packaging of moist towelettes: “Tear open packet and use.” Kraft’s…

Aug 19

WHY CLARITY TERRIFIES ME AS A WRITER

Aug 19

Ryan Latini

Snakeskin Boots

You sleep facing inward, Fear of a mooring-thick rattle snake Springing from its coil Keeps you from the edge of the bed.

Aug 12

Snakeskin Boots

Aug 12

Ryan Latini

Sales is a Tough Racket

Near the Fairmont subway on Broad Street, A man is selling discounted clothes for veterans, He hates seeing them getting ripped-off having…

Aug 10

Sales is a Tough Racket

Aug 10

Ryan Latini

Aristotle and Addiction: The Rhetorical Addict

There are many parallels in Aristotle’s principals of rhetoric and the rhetoric of addiction, addictive thinking, and recovery. Having been…

Aug 9

Aristotle and Addiction: The Rhetorical Addict

Aug 9

Ryan Latini

This Is Still Life (A 50-Word Story)

We bought a new painting. It looks like…it looks. The little girl. The dog. They appear dripped on but look out with life — at my life…

Mar 9, 2022

This Is Still Life (A 50-Word Story)

Mar 9, 2022

Ryan Latini

How to Look at Stone

Chin cradled in the valley between thumb and forefinger — That’s how — Waiting for time to smooth and chisel Peeling men from stone. The…

Jul 27, 2020

How to Look at Stone

Jul 27, 2020

Ryan Latini

Writing During Covid-19: 10 Haikus from Quarantine and a Selfish Regret

Hey #WritingCommunity and #ReadingCommunity. Selfishly, I thought quarantine would be a writing Shangri-La. Perhaps, despite the tragedy…

Jul 25, 2020

Writing During Covid-19: 10 Haikus from Quarantine and a Selfish Regret

Jul 25, 2020

Ryan Latini

Love Notes for Modest Young Men

Russian blood feuds. Online-dating Organ thieves. I’m thrilled to announce the publication of 7 of my short stories in this single…

Dec 16, 2019

Love Notes for Modest Young Men

Dec 16, 2019

Ryan Latini

Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #8; Miss

Daddy’s computer shows where Mommy’s phone goes. It hasn’t moved in three days. He hasn’t told Investigator Wallace.

Sep 25, 2018

Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #8; Miss

Sep 25, 2018

Ryan Latini

Ryan Latini

Teacher. Fiction and Nonfiction Writer. Recovered Knucklehead. Check out my book: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Notes-Modest-Young-Men/dp/1674440057.

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