Volume 51.1

OUR CURRENT ISSUE

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Now in its second printing.

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BUY IN PRINT    |    BUY DIGITAL

Contents

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ESSAY

GREG VARNER    Visits from Mom

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FICTION

CRAIG BERNARDINI    The Black Boy
MEGAN FAHEY    Witness
BECKY HAGENSTON    Basic Commands
TED MORRISSEY    Sheol
HANNAH PITTARD    I Wanted to Surprise You

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POETRY

JESSICA RAE BERGAMINO     Stellification
MARCI CALABRETTA CANCIO-BELLO     Restitution for the Grandson  |  The Last Supper
TARFIA FAIZULLAH     The Color I Become
JOE JIMÉNEZ     Self-portraits with Blue Ski Mask
ELIZABETH LANGEMAK     Not Yet Babylon  |  Teeth
KAMILAH AISHA MOON     Dear Young Country  |  Angel
MELISSA MYLCHREEST     Drought  |  Origin Story for a Child Born with Fire in its Mouth
SAM ROSS     Polaroid (Bondage, c. 1973)  |  When I Was Fire
SAM SAX     Butt Plug  |  Warning: Red Liquid
DEREK SHEFFIELD     First Grade

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COVER ART
ANDREW KOZLOWSKI    Scaffold 03. Relief monoprint from laser-cut blocks, 2015

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