Issue 9: Summer/Fall 2016 | Masthead

Essays

Word From the Editor

May 7, 2016/in Essays, Essays, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Arielle Silver, Issue 9: Summer/Fall 2016

A Little Poetry Machine Among Them: Seeing Eloise Klein Healy

May 5, 2016/in Essays, Essays, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Rebecca Kuder

Thank You for Sharing

May 2, 2016/in Essays, Essays, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Patrick O'Neil

Fiction

The Day

May 7, 2016/in Fiction, Fiction, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Timothy Caldwell

Warmbloods

May 6, 2016/in Fiction, Fiction, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Thomas Cardamone

Death Roll

May 5, 2016/in Fiction, Fiction, Summer-Fall 2016 /by J.D. Shoemaker

Real Talk

May 4, 2016/in Fiction, Fiction, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Nicole Simonsen

Fatima, the Biloquist: A Transformation Story

May 3, 2016/in Fiction, Fiction, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Poetry

Dearth

May 25, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Audrey T. Carroll

Matriarchal

May 24, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Jennifer Seaman Cook

To Hildegard

May 23, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Renee Emerson

Aturdido

May 22, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Robert Esnard

My Mother’s Mouth, A Gift Horse

May 21, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Tamara Hart

Archaeology of Silence

May 20, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Brad Johnson

Content is a glimpse

May 20, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by David Kann

Mercury Diner

May 18, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Michael Lauchlan

Cassandra

May 17, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /Erin Lynn

The Sound

May 16, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Steve Mueske

Selenographer

May 15, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Triin Paja

Listen:

May 14, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Clare Paniccia

Where the Heart Is

May 13, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Brad Rose

Daughter I Bleed

May 12, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Kristen Rouisse

Placeholder: Waiting for the Biopsy Results

May 11, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Wendy Mannis Scher

How the word poem shows up in my audio text messages

May 10, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Ellen Stone

Karma*

May 9, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by George Such

On Missing

May 8, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Melissa Watt

A Stop Sign Worn as a Helmet

May 7, 2016/in Poetry, Poetry, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Anton Yakovlev

Writing for Young People

The Streetlamp

May 7, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People /by Gretchen Adams

Safe Harbor

May 6, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People /by DC Diamondopolous

River Park Games

May 5, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People /by Richard Gnann

When Jack Left

May 4, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People /by Daniel R. Julian

Our Sky, the Ocean

May 3, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People /by Jen Knox

Lunch Special

Daniel José Older, Author of Shadowshaper

May 14, 2016/in Lunch Special, Lunch Special, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Alex Simand

Interviews

Jimmy Santiago Baca, Author

May 7, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Rochelle Newman-Carrasco

Stephen Chbosky, Author

May 6, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Lyndsay Hall

Nina Revoyr, Author

May 5, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Carrie Kellerby

Lois Dodd, Painter

May 5, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Ron Burch

Vu Tran, Author

May 4, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Sam Williams

Stories about Bodies: Narrative Medicine with Emily Rapp Black, Juliet McMullin, & Phillip Mitchell

May 3, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Katy Avila

Creative Nonfiction

Elvis Has Left the Building

May 7, 2016/in CNF, CNF, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Eric Day

Down in the River to Pray

May 6, 2016/in CNF, CNF, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Lois Ruskai Melina

The Half-Buttoned Effect

May 5, 2016/in CNF, CNF, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Saeide Mirzaei

Nothing Beats a Beergut Breakfast

May 4, 2016/in CNF, CNF, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Genevieve Morck

Home is Home

May 3, 2016/in CNF, CNF, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Suzanne Ushie

Flash Prose

At the End of Hope

May 7, 2016/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Jesi Bender

Remember, Remember

May 6, 2016/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Carol Caffrey

Centaur

May 5, 2016/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Dawn S. Davies

Bases Covered

May 4, 2016/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Jaimie Eubanks

Cloud Glitches

May 3, 2016/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Summer-Fall 2016 /S. Kay

a little saw

May 2, 2016/in Flash Prose, Flash Prose, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Monique Quintana

Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction

Fragile Rat

May 7, 2016/in DWM, DWM, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Nichole L. Reber

She’s Out of My Life

May 6, 2016/in DWM, DWM, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Erin Langner

Dress the Mouse in Black

May 5, 2016/in DWM, DWM, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Mark Liebenow

At Least I Have You to Remember Me: Acrylic Paintings

Jennifer Monfrans, Irene Curie, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 in.

Art

The Sewing Machine’s Text: Mixed Media

May 8, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /Mixed Media by Elena Berriolo

Barn Owl Conté Crayon Drawings

May 7, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Ellen Halloran

Strange Tales from Strange Places: Mixed Media

May 5, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Rob Kirbyson

Obsession and Idolization: Mixed Media

May 4, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Dominika Koziak

At Least I Have You to Remember Me: Acrylic Paintings

May 3, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Jennifer Mondfrans

Happy Limbo of Suspended Metaphors: Mixed Media

May 2, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Kim Rae Taylor

10 Collages: Digital Collages

May 1, 2016/in Art, Art, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Bill Wolak

Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts

The Jaguar / About Writing / Spell to Ward Off Fear of La Catrina

May 14, 2016/in Gabo, Gabo, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Alejandro Saravia, translated by María José Giménez

The Horseshoe Finder / The age / January 1, 1924

May 14, 2016/in Gabo, Gabo, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Ian Probstein

Symphony in Gray Major

May 14, 2016/in Gabo, Gabo, Summer-Fall 2016 /by Rubén Darío, translated by Mark Stevick

Translation

My Wife / Ma Femme

May 7, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Translation, Translation /by Guy De Maupassant, translated by Beatrice Bridglall

Fantasma

May 6, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Translation, Translation /by Robert Esnard

November / The Birth of Poetry

May 5, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Translation, Translation /by Titsian Tabidze, translated by Rebecca Gould

It’s morning, the hawks are hunting / Trash, straw, spring ice

May 4, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Translation, Translation /by Anni Sumari, translated by David McDuff

Three Poems from Mandelstam Street

May 3, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Translation, Translation /by Jaime Luis Huenún, translated by Thomas Rothe

Hanging Laundry / Last Fingers

May 2, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Translation, Translation /by Elhanan Nir, translated by Ross Weissman