Trump Admin revokes Wole Soyinka’s visa
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
Arthur Sze is the new U.S. Poet Laureate
What writers need to know about copyright
Is the tide shifting to indie presses?
Florida schools pull books under pressure
Eat Your Lunch and Cause a Little Trouble
by Chris Atkin
On the first day of class I write a question on the board, / “Who are you really?” then tell them “use your words.”
Snake Plant and Other Things I Can’t Explain
by Marissa Glover
When my coworker blames his anger / on “personal issues,” which is to say, / family trauma triggered by a loved one’s / death, I want to tell him about you.
Winter Baggage
by Sarah L. Stecher
I grow old / and weigh more. / Loss accumulates / in flesh and bone.
After a Long Indiana Winter, 1964
by Annette Sisson
When winter thawed, Mom and I planted / a garden behind our rental: salvia, / marigolds, morning glories for a trellis, / bachelor buttons.
On the Night We Met, My Father Gave Me Icarus
by Katie Manning
On the night we met, my father gave me Icarus / and a latte. I was made of questions and wore / my mother’s face
Thrice
by K.L. Johnston
Once I chased tornados and climbed rock falls, / shot the rapids in an inner tube, / piled into cars with bad boys
Today I am occupied . . .
by Kurt Luchs
Today I am occupied by the corpses / of the newly dead
Take It
by Justin Hunt
As a young man, in a recurring dream, / I wandered a clear, red-bluff creek.
Outside
by Nicole Guenther
From the porch steps I watch the neighbor girl / skip up to my father, / wrap around his leg like a vine
North by Her Compass
by Carmen Fought
When she can’t sleep, she plays solitaire / (though there’s often an opponent / sitting at the wooden chair across from her)
It all began around a campfire…
Beautiful language
is meant to be heard as well as read, and in fact words were vocalized eons before they were ever committed to clay or parchment. Storytelling began around campfires. We seek prose and poetry that continue the tradition.
Contributor Spotlight:
You Are Leaving the American Sector
by Rebecca Foust
Open Contests
by Stephen Parrish, with the editors of The Lascaux Review
