Latest Writing
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Take Four:An Interview with C. Dale Young
In the second installment of our new interview series, “Take Four,” we talk to contributor C. Dale Young about his new work in short fiction, the subtle differences between poetry and prose, and the alchemy of characterization.
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Take Four:An Interview with Paul Lisicky
In the first installment of our new interview series, “Take Four,” we talk to contributor Paul Lisicky about his short story “Lent” and his latest collection from Four Way Books. In between issues, we’ll keep the conversation going as more contributors share their thoughts on recent work, current projects and the challenges of writing well.…
POETRY
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(JANUARY) by Hanna Riisager trans. Kristina Andersson Bicher
I see the subject allthe time in front of me, see all thesesmall rituals.How it lies on the sofa and waitsfor me to come.The wind pushes moirés of ice and snowagainst the windowpane. An undulating, pearl gray surface –silk bark.My brain’s pale tissues unfold in the room in a billowing mass.I’m floating under the roof, looking…
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AROUND THE FIRE by Gloria Susana Esquivel trans. Joel Streicker
“En llamas será la canción”Briela Ojeda Everything was in flames. She felt a slight burning in her eyes and thought, for an instant, that the smoke choking the images on the TV had filtered into the room. She blinked, then turned her attention back to the newscast. Ten million hectares were burning uncontrollably. The world…
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INVITATION TO END by Faris Kuseyri trans. Patrick Sykes
A woman puts an orange in her husband’s pocketand her longing I saw they’re opening unmarked graves with warrantsand silence’s strength I saw truth bound, the papers lieand hate in the words I saw grace in the bazaar, conscience in exileand the feigned surprise I saw driven again to my pencil’s mercyand the invitation to…
FICTION
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WHAT KEISHA DID by David Haynes
That Janet Williams hadn’t liked children all that much she blamed on the boy’s mother. Children annoyed her, frankly—all that incessant energy, the enthusiasm for obnoxious music and inedible food, their general and relentless neediness. When pressed, however, she would admit there was something special about this one, this Danny, her five-year-old grandson. On that…
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BLUE RIBBON by Mollie Ficek
Cecelia stole it. It was my Sour Cream Raspberry Ripple Cake recipe and she walked away with the win. I normally wouldn’t make such a fuss. I’m not one to complain or point fingers. But in this case, I can’t keep quiet. I just can’t shut my big mouth. That blue ribbon means my winning…
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ROSA by Anne Germanacos
Just a name Rosa, a girl in a story, a name I happen to like. She’s a girl with a father who follows her to the ends of the earth as she follows a story, a myth, an incantation. She is trying to be a virgin and a diplomat, like Gertrude Bell. She would also…
TRANSLATION
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