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Issue 41

Winter 2025

Poetry & Short Prose

The Craftsman of Desire
Caron Andregg

Everything I Need to Know About the Pandemic I Learned from The Shining
Michael Boccardo

When the Roof of the Body Falls In
M. L. Brown

Two Poems from Hits Different
Stephanie Burt & Kristie Frederick Daugherty

Argument Against Accomplishment
Lauren Camp

Permission Slip
Jia-Rui Cook

The Garage
Brian Delaney

The Unravel
Melanie Figg

Anniversary Trip—Year 3
Taylor Franson-Thiel

Genie
Doug Fritock

The Minor Fall, Henniker, NH
Adam Grabowski

While There Is Still Time
Connie Jordan Green

How Time Curves Around Hamburger
Jane C. Miller

Undone to the Skin
Devon Miller-Duggan

Ghazal with Healing Spell
Dayna Patterson

Psalm
Alan Perry

My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
Katherine Plumhoff

fragments & whispers
Nayt Rundquist

Childhood Gothic
Rikki Santer

The Existence of Matter
Karen Elizabeth Sharpe

You, Me, and the Nightstorms
Trevor Patricia Watkin

Full Service
Patricia Aya Williams

Object Permanence
Melody Wilson

Glass Cannon
Jane Zwart

Pedagogy

Can You Write This? Poetry Jukebox Activity
Ginger Hanchey

On Practicing Anger as Method
Laura Sweeney

Reviews

Who Owns a Story?: A Review of Permission: The New Memoirist and The Courage to Create by Elissa Altman
B.K. Jackson

Skin from Sky: A Review of All Is the Telling by Rosa Castellano
Lesley Wheeler

A Journey Through Rivers and Conversations: A Review of Down River with Li Po by Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Jenny Wong

Interview

These Hurts Enable Our Thriving: An Interview with Annette Sisson
Melody Wilson