Issue 28: Winter/Spring 2026 | Masthead

A Word from the Editor

November 29, 2025/in Essays, Winter-Spring 2026, Word From the Editor / Jessica Ballen

Fiction

Preserves

November 29, 2025/in Fiction, Fiction, Winter-Spring 2026 / Sacha Bissonnette

The Fig

November 21, 2025/in Fiction, Fiction, Winter-Spring 2026 / Orlantae Duncan

Little Girlfriend

November 15, 2025/in Fiction, Fiction, Winter-Spring 2026 / Madison Ellingsworth

Poetry

Three Poems

November 6, 2025/in Poetry, Poetry, Winter-Spring 2026 / M. Cynthia Cheung

Two Poems

November 5, 2025/in Poetry, Poetry, Winter-Spring 2026 / Anthony Thomas Lombardi

Photoshop Techniques

November 4, 2025/in Poetry, Poetry, Winter-Spring 2026 / Grace Mathews

Two Poems

November 3, 2025/in Poetry, Poetry, Winter-Spring 2026 / Steven H. Turrill

Two Poems

November 2, 2025/in Poetry, Poetry, Winter-Spring 2026 / Chen Chen & Sam Herschel Wein

Two Poems

November 1, 2025/in Poetry, Poetry, Winter-Spring 2026 / Kenton K. Yee

Creative Nonfiction

Dinosaurs

November 24, 2025/in CNF, CNF, Winter-Spring 2026 / Michael J Pagán

Young Adult

Plaid Pocket Coat

November 3, 2025/in Winter-Spring 2026, Young Adult, Young Adult / Rieko Mendez

The Mystery Stone

November 2, 2025/in Winter-Spring 2026, Young Adult, Young Adult / Curt Saltzman

Wildflowers and Wicked Women

November 1, 2025/in Winter-Spring 2026, Young Adult, Young Adult / Diana Louise Vancura

Lunch Special

It’s Never One Thing: On Translation and Subversion; a Conversation with Dr. Sorcha de Brún

November 30, 2025/in Interviews, Lunch Special, Winter-Spring 2026 / Interviewed by paparouna

Interviews

Transformation, Revelation, and Form: An Interview with Marguerite Sheffer

November 3, 2025/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2026 / Interviewed by Mahru Elahi

Make Art Because You Love It: A Conversation with Colette Freedman

November 2, 2025/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2026 / Interviewed by Amalia Mora

Incantations for the Revolution: A Conversation with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

November 1, 2025/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2026 / Interviewed by Paula Williamson

Flash Prose

My Mom Died

November 4, 2025/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Winter-Spring 2026 / Marina DelVecchio, PhD

The Weight of Small Things

November 3, 2025/in CNF, Flash Prose, Winter-Spring 2026 / Mark Hall

Are We There Yet

November 2, 2025/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Winter-Spring 2026 / Elizabeth Sundstrom

Hey, Remember that Time I Got Turned into a Slug by the Minimum Wage Magician?

November 1, 2025/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Winter-Spring 2026 / Taylor Ward

Translation & Multilingual Texts

Three Poems

November 2, 2025/in Translation, Winter-Spring 2026 / S. Chen

Diffuse

November 1, 2025/in Translation, Translation, Winter-Spring 2026 / Julia Knaß, translated by Lisa Schantl

Douglas Campbell, Pearl of Great Price

Pearl of Great Price, 12"x9", linocut, 2010

Art

Fearless

November 3, 2025/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2026 / Douglas Campbell

Watersheds

November 2, 2025/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2026 / Kathryn Frund

The Ineffable World

November 1, 2025/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2026 / Tiziana Rasile

Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts

Two Poems

November 24, 2025/in Gabo, Gabo, Winter-Spring 2026 / translated by Ali Asadollahi

The Face on the Wall

November 18, 2025/in Gabo, Gabo, Winter-Spring 2026 / Shobasakthi, translated by eḻuttukkiṉiyavaṉ

Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction

Under the Siren: Alexandria, 1973

November 3, 2025/in CNF, DWM, Winter-Spring 2026 / Johanna Elattar

The Outhouse Keeps The Score

November 2, 2025/in CNF, DWM, Winter-Spring 2026 / Itto Outini

On Insignificance

November 1, 2025/in CNF, DWM, Winter-Spring 2026 / Rachel Whalen