These carefully selected articles, poems, interviews and essays — all written exclusively for this publication — appeal to readers with wide-ranging interests and a love for the literary
- Feature essays by Colin Dayan, Tom Zoellner, Anne Jolis, Goenawan Mohamad, Amanda Fortini, Michael J. Agovino, and Francesca T. Royster.
- Original poetry by David St. John, Natalie Elbert, Jay Deshpande, Will Schutt, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, and Sarah Lindsay.
- Short takes by Mike Davis, Helen Malmgren, Kim Young, Katie Wech, Mary Otis, Hadley Davis Rierson, and Anika Fajardo.
- Including an Artist Portfolio and profile of Alexis Smith.
The Best Little War House in Mali…………………..Anne Jolis
Friends in LA…………………..Mike Davis
Postcard…………………..Helen Malmgren
To a Story…………………..David St. John
City Nightmares…………………..Hisham Bustani (translated by maia tabet)
Goring Beauty…………………..Colin Dayan
Artist Portfolio: Alexis Smith
The Orange Industrial Complex…………………..Tom Zoellner
Death…………………..Kim Young
Eden: A Postcript…………………..Natalie Eilbert
A Valley is Where a Hole Ends and We are Forced to Begin by Natalie Eilbert
Liquid Waste…………………..Natalie Eilbert
Postcard by Hadley Davis Rierson
Freud’s Friends in the Countryside…………………..Jay Deshpande
The Room…………………..Will Schutt
Are We Still Fabulous?…………………..Francesca T. Royster
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Boy…………………..Benjamin Hale
Lemon…………………..Anika Fajardo
Anti-Elegy…………………..Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
Brother Returns as Dragonfly by Marci Calabretta Cancino-Bellow
A Fidelity, An Indignation – A Tribute to Benedict Anderson (1935-2015)…………………..Goenawan Mohamad
Tooth by Mary Otis
Courtship Displays of the Blue-Footed Booby…………………..Sarah Lindsay
A Mostly Canceled Universe…………………..Sarah Lindsay
Postcard by Katie Wech
Why Can’t You Be Sweet?…………………..Amanda Fortini
The Writing of Life…………………..Martin Woessner
