McKenzie Lynn Tozan lives in North Chicago, where she works as a poet, freelance writer, and editor. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University, and her BA in English from Indiana University South Bend. Her poems have appeared in Rogue Agent, Whale Road Review, the James Franco Review, Thank You for Swallowing, and elsewhere; and her essays and book reviews have appeared with Memoir Mixtapes, The Rumpus, BookPage, and Motherly, among others. When she's not reading and writing, she's in her garden or spending time with her family. For more, visit www.mckenzielynntozan.com.
The family of 75-year-old Evelyn “Evy” Udell is filing charges against Best Buy retailers after an associated delivery man assaulted and killed Udell. It was reported on August 19 that the delivery man, Jorge Lachazo, transported and installed Udell’s new washer and dryer, and then assaulted her. He hit her over the head, rendering her […] More
Saying that crime is more prominent in some areas is not new. How you present and talk about that, however, is important if you don’t want to look like a jerk. Sisters Jackie Oshry and Claudia Oshry of The Morning Toast are currently experiencing pushback from comments they made about inexpensive movie theaters in their […] More
The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Leewood K-8 Center on a felony charge. Last Wednesday, the boy sent threatening text messages via group chat, planning to kill minorities and members of the LGBTQ+ community with the ammunition available in his home. A 13-year old student from Leewood K-8 is under arrest […] More
The desire to have a memorable proposal in a social media age has lead people to go to extremes. In the past one only had to compete with their circle of friends, but now people are trying to top millions of others to make their proposal something their significant other will never forget. Sadly, sometimes […] More
Alisha Newman, 34, mother of three, and a licensed nurse, was charged with multiple counts of child abuse and child neglect by the Milwaukee County Circuit Court on May 28. Newman’s 10-year-old daughter’s medical record was falsified by her mother on repeated counts in multiple states. This led to unnecessary and potentially fatal procedures performed […] More
Clearwater Attorney, Thomas Cope forced a baby raccoon from his boat, twenty miles away from the shore, and he’s now being investigated and potentially tried for leaving the animal to die. Much like the tagline, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” Florida has been labeled with its own tagline: “Only in Florida” under the […] More
*This article includes discussion of teen suicide. On Monday, an anonymous sixteen-year-old girl of Batu Kawah, Sarawak, Malaysia approached her Instagram family with a one-question poll: “Really important, help me choose: D/L.” She jumped from the top of a building a matter of hours later. At the time of her death, 69% of users were […] More
