ISSUE 32
POETRY
THREE POEMS by Nasim Luczaj
TWO POEMS by Stefanie Kirby
TWO POEMS by Shams Alkamil
TWO POEMS by Jill Kitchen
A CASE FOR SELF-HARM by Rob Macaisa Colgate
WHALE SONG by Rebecca Uhlman
SEA LAMPREY by Sofia Fall
HERRING GULLS by Rachel Trousdale
WE ARE ALL NAMED AFTER SOMEONE by Matthew Zhao
FICTION
NOW WHO WILL WATER THE GARDEN by Grace Holmes
TWO STORIES by Josh Bell
TRANSLATION
MY BOYFRIEND’S MOTHER-IN-LAW by Zsófia Czakó, translated by Marietta Morry and Walter Burgess
TWO POEMS by Ekaterina Derysheva, translated by Ryan Hardy, Asher Maria, Kevin M.F. Platt, and Timmy Straw
REFLECTION by Cho Ji Hoon, translated by Sekyo Nam Haines
THREE POEMS by Yan Satunovsky, translated by Ainsley Morse and Philip Redko
THREE POEMS by Ekaterina Zakharkiv, translated by Venya Gushchin, Kevin M.F. Platt, Ainsley Morse, Eugene Ostashevsky, and Elaine Wilson
ART
Credit: Photo by Anita Austvika on Unsplash
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ISSUE 31
POETRY
SOMETIMES, WHEN I TRY TO TYPE WORLD by Priscilla Wathington
WOMEN’S LIT by Anemone Beaulier
RETURNING TO PRAYER by Satya Dash
DOG GHAZAL by Zakiya Cowan
TWO POEMS by Timi Sanni
TWO POEMS by Kyle Okeke
STUNNED AWAKE by Karen Kevorkian
THE FOREIGN JOURNALIST DID NOT HAVE TO WRITE ANYTHING NEW by Ting Lin
AFTER THE THIRD SNOW DAY IN A ROW, I’M READY TO THROW THE TOWEL by Julia Kolchinsky
IN GEOMETRY CLASS, YOU LEARNED YOU COULD DRAW by Ian Cappelli
FICTION
SOUTH OATS by Joshua Jones Lofflin
BRATS by Irene Katz Connelly
LAST FACES, PAST FATHERS by Bri Gonzalez
CNF
I AM SORRY THAT I NEVER SAID GOODBYE by Pegah Ouji
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ISSUE 30
POETRY
THREE POEMS by Malik Thompson
THREE POEMS by Dana Jaye Cadman
THREE POEMS by Omar Sakr
TWO POEMS by Alex Tretbar
TWO POEMS by Samantha DeFlitch
TWO POEMS by H.R. Webster
ONCE I WAS A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS by Stevie Edwards
MECHANICAL PENCIL by Duy Đoàn
SOME DAYS ARE LIKE THAT by Luisa Caycedo-Kimura
GANG OF CROWS by Alison Zheng
DURING SHAME by Prince Bush
LET ME IN / LET ME IN by Josh Nicolaisen
FICTION
GIFTS by Samantha Neugebauer
FALL FOR IT by Claire Hopple
THE JUNIPER 3 by Trudy Lewis
TRANSLATION
INTERVIEW with Khairani Barokka
THREE POEMS by Juan Mosquera Restrepo, translated by Maurice Rodriguez
TWO POEMS by Maniniwei, translated by Emily Lu
TWO POEMS by Anna Gual, translated by AKaiser
CREATIVE NONFICTION
FIGHTING THE LION by Lydia A. Cyrus
ART
Cover image uses “On A Sea Beach” by Mikuláš Galanda as its base
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ISSUE 29
POETRY
TWO POEMS by Tobi Kassim
TWO POEMS by Karin Gottshall
EXCERPTS FROM “PICTURES OF THE WEATHER” by Timothy Michalik
TRAIL GUIDE TO THE BODY (3RD EDITION) by Lenna Mendoza
TWO POEMS by Monica Cure
TWO POEMS by Kelley Beeson
STILL LIFE WITH DROUGHT, CIGARETTES, AND THE GUADALQUIVIR by Megan J. Arlett
INTAGLIO by Emma Aylor
TWO POEMS by William Fargason
FENNEL by Shelby Handler
ALL THE GOLD I HAVE IS STOLEN GOLD by Liza Hudock
FICTION
THE HUM by Andrea Jurjević
TRANSLATION
[3 UNTITLED POEMS] by Kim Simonsen, trans. Randi Ward
TWO POEMS by Dana Ranga, trans. Christina Hennemann
SPRING SLUMBER by Ma Hua, trans. Winnie Zeng
FIVE FRAGMENTS FROM “THE WOMEN OF ZARUBYAN STREET” by Shushan Avagyan (self-translated)
I AM NOT A NAME by Anna Davtyan (self-translated)
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ISSUE 28
POEMS
OF WINTER AND FIRE by Justin Hunt
DESIRE PATH by Matthew Carter Gellman
THE HISTORIAN’S SHADOW by Malvika Jolly
TWO POEMS by Maria Zoccola
THREE POEMS by deziree a. brown
DOWN IN THE CREVASSE OF LANGUAGE by Henk Rossouw
CHAGALL’S “THE POET WITH THE BIRDS” by Jessica Cuello
I AM AFRAID TO LOVE YOU LIKE MY MOTHER by Jenna Murray
NOUMENON by Cindy King
SHUSHI by Melanie Tafejian
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY OVID by Daniella Toosie-Watson
THREE POEMS by Sébastien Luc Butler
VOLATILE SUBSTANCES by Olivia Wolford
ANNIVERSARY by Edward Salem
INTERVIEW
TRANSLATION
I WILL REMEMBER by Rahile Kamal trans. Munawwar Abdulla
MOTHER TONGUE by Adil Tuniyaz trans. Munawwar Abdulla
TWO POEMS by Beatriz Pérez Pereda trans. Colleen Noland
RADISH FLOWER by Jang Seoknam, trans. Paulette Guerin and Claire Su-Yeon Park
TWO POEMS by Stefano d’Arrigo trans. Joe Gross
TWO POEMS by Tomas Venclova trans. Rimas Uzgiris
THE PIER by Judita Vaičiūnaitė trans. Rimas Uzgiris
SONG FOR AMERICA by Jacques Viau Renaud trans. Ariel Francisco
ART
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ISSUE 27
ISSUE 27
POETRY
TWO POEMS by Zuleyha Ozturk Lasky
THE POINT OF ARTICULATION by Car Simione
TWO POEMS by Sophia Terazawa
TWO POEMS by Kuhu Joshi
SELF-PORTRAIT AS THE CORNFIELDS by Carolina Hotchandani
TWO POEMS by Daniele Pantano
TWO POEMS by Lucas Jorgensen
FICTION
DOG by Jade Song
NONFICTION
ASUNCION FEVER by Beverly Burch
TRANSLATION
A FLOWER THAT REFUSES TO BE POETRY by Kim Hyesoon, translated by Cindy Juyoung Ok
TWO POEMS by Abdourahman Waberi, translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson
(JANUARY) by Hanna Riisager, translated by Kristina Andersson Bicher
THREE POEMS by Nadja Küchenmeister, translated by Aimee Chor
from YOU by Chantal Neveu, translated by Erín Moure
AROUND THE FIRE by Gloria Susana Esquivel, translated by Joel Streicker
INVITATION TO END by Faris Kuseyri, translated by Patrick Sykes
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ISSUE 26
POETRY
TWO POEMS by Sasha Burshteyn
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT UNSONNET by Dante Di Stefano
TWO POEMS by emet ezell
TWO POEMS by Sebastian Merrill
SO MANY by Robin LaMer Rahija
WHY HAVE CHILDREN WHEN THE WORLD IS ENDING by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
TWO POEMS by Tana Jean Welch
ELEPHANT by Julien Strong
WHEN BILLIE HOLIDAY SANG by Grace Kwan
FABLE IN WHICH YOU ARE A BARN ANIMAL AND I AM A CARNIVORE by Hannah Marshall
JUNCTURE LOSS by Liane Tyrrel
TWO POEMS by Julia Thacker
FICTION
WET OR DRY by Naomi Silverman
BLOODY AVENUE by Isabella Jetten
TRANSLATION
ANCIENT MOSQUE by Xiao Shui trans. Judith Huang
THREE POEMS by Sandra Moussempès trans. Carrie Chappell and Amanda Murphy
THROUGH THE LAKE, THROUGH THE WATER by Johannes Anyuru trans. Brad Harmon
THREE POEMS by Álvaro Fausto Taruma trans. Grant Schutzman
THE GARDEN IS THIS GARDEN by Hélène Cixous trans. Beverley Bie Brahic
CHEWING BETEL NUT by Mark Dorado trans. Eric Abalajon and Mark Dorado
THREE POEMS by Anne Vegter trans. Astrid Alben
INTERVIEW
with Carrie Chappell and Amanda Murphy
ART
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ISSUE 25
POEMS
EN ROUTE by Suphil Lee Park
TWO POEMS by Alexandra Teague
GHAZAL NO. 2 by M. Cynthia Cheung
[MY GRANDFATHER WALKED IN THE SNOW] by Cleo Qian
IN THE END, THE ALEFS CURL by Iqra Khan
THREE POEMS by Mónica Gomery
GEOMETRY by Karen Kevorkian
from PSALMS OF LAMENT FOR DIVINE IMPERATIVES by Jennifer Metsker
TWO POEMS by Jimin Seo
THE PLEASURE IS IN THE WORK by Stella Hayes
WHAT ELSE COULD I HAVE DONE by Mikael de Lara Co
FICTION
MY DINNER THEATRE WITH ANDRÉ by Christopher Hebert
KHOSHBAKHTAM by Kent Kosack
TRANSLATION
from RED MELANCHOLIA by Helena Boberg trans. Johannes Goransson (from SWEDISH)
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I WANT TO NAME EVERYTHING?, ASKS THE FEMALE DISCIPLE by Mayra Santos-Febres trans. Seth Michelson (from SPANISH)
THREE POEMS by Bronka Nowicka trans. Katarzyna Szuster (from POLISH)
from HOW DARK MY SKIN IS LEFT BY HER SHADOW by Beatriz Miralles de Imperial trans. Layla Benitez-James (from SPANISH)
[UNTITLED] by Vladislav Hristov trans. Katerina Stoykova (from BULGARIAN)
FROM NORTH by Baek Seok trans. Jack Jung (from KOREAN)
WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE WRITING POEMS by Oh Kyu-won trans. Jack Jung (from KOREAN)
TWO POEMS by Ashraf Zaghal trans. Ghada Mourad (from ARABIC)
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ISSUE 24
POETRY
EVERY SEVENTEEN YEARS CICADAS RUPTURE THE EARTH by Hannah Corrie
A STORY ENDING WITH AN OFFERING by Willie Lin
TWO POEMS by Meredith Nnoka
TENDING GRIEF AT THE GREAT SALT LAKE, A RITUAL by Kathryn Knight Sonntag
WHOEVER IS NOT HOME GROWS SICK by David Keplinger and Bruce Bond
AFTERMATH by Robert Wood Lynn
LOVE POEM WITH A MAGGOT INFESTATION by Janelle Tan
TWO POEMS by Helena Mesa
ROAD TO BYBLOS by Madeleine Cravens
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING by Majda Gama
THE FAMILY STONE by Catherine Norris
FICTION
MEMORY FIELDS by Liz Howey
THE LEAST AMERICAN FACE by M. Y. Li
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ISSUE 23
POETRY
SELF PORTRAIT AS MINOTAUR by Kiyoko Reidy
AN ORDINARY WEAKNESS by Mikko Harvey
TWO POEMS by Xochiquetzal Candelaria
DER KLEINE KATECHISMUS by Constance Hansen
CALLS TO ORDER by Stephanie Kaylor
& LORD KNOWS by Kwame Opoku-Duku
TWO SECTIONS FROM “THE BREAKUP” by Mag Gabbert
THE STATE BIRD OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE by Matthew Tuckner
CENTO FOR LONGING by Rage Hezekiah
ARS MORIENDI (FOR JEFF BEZOS & ELON MUSK) by Benjamin Aleshire
TWO POEMS by Perry Janes
FALL by Joshua Garcia
MOVEMENT by Brett Hanley
FICTION
THE GAIN by Jennifer Solheim
THE APPARENT PATH by Casey Guerin
ART
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ISSUE 22
POETRY
TWO POEMS by Aaron Coleman
chances are by Denise Duhamel
OFFERING by Mike Puican
TWO POEMS by Mark Smith-Soto
WIDOW, WALKING by Betsy Sholl
TWO POEMS by Katie Pyontek
FIVE POEMS by Kenneth Tanemura
TWO POEMS by Michael McFee
PEGASUS TATTOO ON THE LEFT by Jai Hamid Bashir
POST-IMPAIRMENT SYNDROME by Victoria C. Flanagan
GATE by Grayson Wolf
SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS STRIKE, DOUMA, APRIL 2018 by Brian Russell
FICTION
SLUSHIE by Shyla Jones
CALVIN AND CALVIN by John West
Odium by Ilya Leybovich
THE SWING OF THINGS by Becky Hagenston
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ISSUE 21
POETRY
BECAUSE I MAKE MYSELF NEW EACH DAY by Rebecca Macijeski
AND WE TRY TO FIND GESTURES FOR OUR HUMANITY WHEN WE’RE YOUNG by Rodney Terich Leonard
THE HOUR OF THE WOLF by David Roderick
THREE POEMS by Sarina Romero
FIVE POEMS by Amorak Huey
TWO POEMS by Augusta Funk
TWO POEMS by Irène Mathieu
GYM CRUSH by Josh Tvrdy
WHEN SUN SHINES ON WATER by Stella Lei
ANOTHER OHIO ROAD TRIP by Erika Meitner
COME CORRECT by Erika Meitner & Traci Brimhall
TWO POEMS by Hussain Ahmed
FICTION
LOVE AND LEAVING IN THE CONDITIONAL by K-Yu Liu
EGG WISHES by Lucy Zhang
DON’T CALL ME YOUR PRINCESS by Megan Culhane Galbraith
AWAKE UNTIL DAWN by Pete Prokesch
ART
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