:Lexicon

Come out to the Souper Bowl on 5th Ave. for :lexicon’s Spring Release Party.  All contributors are invited to read their work, and the reading will also feature the talents of students from Duquesne’s Advanced Writing Classes.  Refreshments will be … Continue reading →

The :lexicon t-shirt is finally available for pre-order! Show your support of :lexicon and the arts at Duquesne by pre-ordering one of these high-quality Ringspun t-shirts for only $10. We’ll be ordering shirts in both caribbean blue and black, and each … Continue reading →

Submissions for the Spring Issue are DUE by MIDNIGHT on Friday, January 25th!!!  Send all submissions to lexicon@duq.edu and check out our page on facebook for the latest announcements!     http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lexicon-Journal/159095840804547      

By Ben Johnson There was a guy I knew, once, another stand-up, from when I’d first started writing my own material. This was out in Chicago. He’s dead now, I think. Anyways, he told me that to be a rich … Continue reading →

by Molly Lurie-Marino
Spring 2011 Fiction Award Winner
The M&M’s slid in the woman’s palm, coloring her love-line blue. She handed another one over to the girl.
“It’s like…when a man and a woman–“ The woman leaned on the balls of her feet.
“Like me and Jack?” The girl’s eyes were silver dollars, eyelashes on fire with the late afternoon glow. Continue reading →