Merton of the Movies Version:Print she may be watching the

she may be watching the Watts riots from the penthouse of the Chateau Marmont

and fearmongering at federal and local levels

and the chickens slaughtered by family servants—these animals frame and inform a haunting picture of a doomed childhood in a riven society

POETRYLeah UmanskyRickey LaurentiisNico Amadoraracelis girmayTimothy DonnellyJeremy Ra

Anna Journey

Merton of the Movies Version:Print she may be watching theMerton of the Movies, which Gertrude Stein called the best book about 20th century American youth, follows midwestern bumpkin Merton Gills unlikely journey from a Kansas stockroom to the star studded set of a silent film. Unfortunately, the actors hes idolized from afar lose their luster up close, which fuels his desire to become a dramatic leading mannot some slapstick fool. By a stroke of luck, Merton lands a gig as an extra. His natural oafishness