Contents

N O N F I C T I O N
AMANDA GAINES       Flea
L.I. HENLEY       A Blur on the Spine

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F I C T I O N
KIM SAMEK       A Nervous Tic Motion Kind of Peace
CAROLINE SCHMIDT       How the Weight of the Earth Presses Down
CAMERON VANDERWERF       Blood Money Melancholy
TARA ISABEL ZAMBRANO       Hairball

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P O E T R Y
ROBERT CHIWAMBA translated by BENEDICTO WOKOMAATANI MALUNGA       Life
MARY LEAUNA CHRISTENSEN       I Tell a Friend
​MELISSA CROWE       Untouch
STEPHANIE YUE DUHEM       Ariadne in Triptych
STEPHANIE YUE DUHEM       Central Market
TIKUMBUKE H. HARARE       How a Woman Should Be Praised
MARTIN CHRISPINE JUWA       In Praise of Loneliness
WILLIAM KHALIPWINA MPINA       I Am the Fire
ATHENA KILDEGAARD       Returning Home
ATHENA KILDEGAARD       Nostalgia
​RAYMUNDO CHIFUNDO MAGANGANI       After Church Service
​NDONGOLERA C. MWANGUPILI       In Ilala
​JEFFERSON NAVICKY       Moon Review at the Emergency Vet
NYIRONGO PATRICIA ANUWALITY       The Symmetry Cry
​JENNIFER POLSON PETERSON       The Students
​GRACE ATHAUYE SHARRA       My Ex's Socks

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C O V E R  A R T
PAULETTE TAVORMINA      Lemons and Prickly Pears, 2013. Edition: 5 of 5. Inkjet print, pigment based. Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University; The William Dunlop Collection.

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