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 Sven Birkerts, Bernard Cooper, Peter Gadol, Kannan Mahadevan, Amy Eleanor Parker, Carmen Petaccio, M.P. Ritger, Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin, Sarah Tomlinson, Ananya Vajpeyi, and Elizabeth Winkler.
- Original poetry by Bruce Bond, francine j. harris, Jenny Johnson, and Ada Limón.
- Short takes by Kim Barnes, Suzanne Berne, Amy Gerstler, Gabriel Mason, Rachel Pastan, Marjorie Sandor, Peter Trachtenberg, and Benjamin Weissman.
- Including an Artist Portfolio and profile of Emily Mast
The Bells and the Brothers by Amy Eleanor Parker
Brilliant in Difference: On Three Emerging American Indian Poets by M.P. Ritger
Rash by Amy Gerstler
Dappled Things by Jenny Johnson
Cloud busting by Sarah Tomlinson
“It’s Not Because I’m a Cranky Luddite, I Swear” by Sven Birkerts
Envy by Marjorie Sandor
“Study After Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” — After Francis Bacon by francine j. harris
Artist Portfolio: Emily Mast
The Messiah of Darfur by Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin
Death by Peter Trachtenberg
The Beltway Ladies League by Kannan Mahadevan
The Progress by Bruce Bond
Rush by Rachel Pastan
What Happened: A Look at Joseph Heller’s Forgotten Novel by Carmen Petaccio
Introduction to Happenings by Bernard Cooper
Therapist by Benjamin Weissman
Call to Post by Ada Limón
Spokane Is a Coat: 1978 by Kim Barnes
Abortion Is a Social Good: On Katha Pollitt by Elizabeth Winkler
Worm Cure by Gabriel Mason
Long Ago & the Cow Comes Back by Ada Limón
Waiting for Giorgio by Ananya Vajpeyi
Death in Venice by Peter Gadol
Eggs by Suzanne Berne
