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What a beautiful review/tribute. Thank you for recognizing what we’re trying to do: present “real life for most people.” That’s what december has always been about. https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/friday-findings-december-magazine?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

We are excited to announce the winners and finalists of our 2021 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. The poems we receive for our contest were exceptional (as always) and our […]

A Note From The Editor: Our advisory editor Marvin Bell passed away on Dec. 14 at his home in Iowa City, surrounded by his family and with Chet Baker’s “You’d Be […]

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, winner of six Olympic medals, is considered one of the 50 Greatest Athletes of All Time by ESPN, and was voted Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century […]

Jam with Jazz St. Louis president and CEO, Gene Dobbs Bradford, as he reads the poem “Jesse is Back This Summer,” by Albert Goldbarth featured in award-winning, St. Louis-based december […]

Join us Monday, June 29 at 6:00pm for a virtual poetry celebration with UrbArts! We’ll be celebrating Sarah Abbas the St. Louis Youth Poet Laureate and the newest issue of […]

It is with deep appreciation and much excitement that we announce Carl Phillips as our next poetry contest judge! Phillips will select the winner, honorable mention, and finalists for our […]

december is honored to present audio recordings from our winner and honorable mention for this year’s poetry contest. These poems are featured in Vol. 31.1; to purchase or subscribe click here. Kimani Rose — […]

Artist/scholar Buzz Spector is looking forward to his survey exhibit of works on paper that will open at the Saint Louis Art Museum later this year. Known for his installations […]

Some of us write about real experiences, even in fiction. Some of us engage in absurdity, full-on imagination based on nothing more than an idea. The rest of us fall […]