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the blueshift journal
blueshift / ˈblo͞oˌSHift / noun
the displacement of the spectrum to shorter wavelengths in the light coming from distant celestial objects moving toward the observer.

ISSUE VIII | SUMMER
table of contents
meet the writers and artists
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meet the people behind the issue
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words from editor in chief robert esposito
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POETRY
Brandon Thurman - Don't quench the spirit,
George Abraham - [counter/terrorism]
Meriwether Clarke - Lake County
Jasmine An - Monkey Refuses Guanyin's Offer
Hazem Fahmy - Interrogating My Family's Living Room(s)
Malcolm Friend - This is an exhumation
Adam Hamze - there is always a sacrifice
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PROSE
Reno Evangelista - Dictator's Dreams
Suiyi Tang - gluttony at tanforan
Sarah Melton - Trombone Circus
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ART
John Chavers - Venetian Paper No. 214 & No. 12
copyright © 2017, the blueshift journal. all rights reserved.
cover art 1: "fresh" by david rodriguez.
cover art 2: "afterhours" by victoria maung.
design and layout by talia flores, ritapa neogi, & jasmine cui.
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