Spring 2020: Life Changes

"The Forgotten People" © Darrell Urban Black; used by permission]

Facing the Unknown

In Honor of All Front-Line Workers Battling COVID-19

What becomes of the skeptic, the isolated? My son living at ease with cats and dogs? Or those who live low — never a choice — they sputter on shore, throats filling like jars?

—“Deluge”

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they
publish throughout the issue cycle.

Personal Stories

Source Material by Steve Henn
Pied–à–terre by Diane G. Martin
Reach by Michele Popadich
Mustache Girl by Siobhan Manrique
When You Have No Choice by Molly Correll
Keeping the Tradition by Esther Cantu
Dreams of Escape by Martha Nichols

First-Person Reports

A Visit to Richmond Before My First Protest by Briana Loveall
Return to New York by Keith Langston
An Open Letter to Queen Bess by Rita Kurtz
Dear Roommates by Kate Raphael

Flash Nonfiction

Flako Cup Cakes by Nadia Ghent
Princess Hair by Kira Venturini

Age of Extinction

Deluge by Lisa Furmanski
The Right of the Sun to Die by R. J. Keeler

Writing and Faith

Nativity Scene by Lynn Domina
The Sophist’s Dilemma by Peter Bethanis
Why I Need You to Watch the Sunset by Jill Bronfman
Reincarnation by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
Dust to Dusting by Jacqueline Schaalje
Hello, Brother by Jenny Qi

Translations

From Deep in the Forest by Tue Sy

Interviews

Bibliotherapy: Writing About Trauma by Cristina Deptula

Fiction

A Curious Animal by Troy Farah

Special Feature

Writing in a Crisis by TW Authors

Art

Sexy by Mercury-Marvin Sunderland
Perceived Threats by Darrell Urban Black

 

 

Artwork in this Issue

Featured Artist: Darrell Urban Black

  • Spring 2020 cover
  • “Writing in a Crisis”
  • “Perceived Threats”

Featured Artist: Mercury-Marvin Sunderland

  • “Sexy”

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