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The Bel Esprit Project, co. est. 2020
"Either you had Bel Esprit or you did not have it."
- Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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MARCH 2025
ISSUE 55
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My Neighborhood
Algunos saludos, cálidos or if I’m wearing chanclas, miradas de desdén I know many by sight, every day more by name. Rafa, Marian, Lina,...


The Final Slide: Conversations with Dave
My friend Dave recently moved into a care home. He and his partner decided it was best for both his care and her well-being. At the time,...


Bel Esprit: Three Years On
Three years ago, in October 2020, with a half-formed idea, a few lofty ideals, and some friends who liked to write, I built the bones of...


Nothing Strange
(from the book of short stories “Nothing Strange,” by M. Henri Nadeau, 2022) They were so big now. Near the door she fussed with the...


Taylor Porter's October Book TBR
Hello friends! I am back and ready to share some great reads. October is one of my favorite months of the year! I love the change of...


GHAZAL: ETCETERA
You’re a goblin, my precious. A knock-kneed, talentless wannabe, etcetera. And, you may be wondering what has caused this vicious tyrade....


A fast, gassed-up year and a half of obscenities
That time comes back to me nicely as a spliced up montage of debauchery, a dicey collage of sot tampered memories lacking any solid form...


bathhouse with venus
underneath my civilian clothes, my rainbow scales gleam with the mad night, glowing through my shirt— but only you can see these colors....


a declaration
tonight, let’s skip all the sad songs, we don’t have time for that shit. By Tohm Bakelas
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