Spring 2015: Nature Tech

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"Fishing" © Reuben Radding

Beyond the Lonely Clouds

Despite all the natural metaphors—clouds, cobwebs, viruses, hives—the digital realm can seem as devoid of wilderness as a meadow that’s been bulldozed.

—"Digital Media and the Wild Imagination"

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

 

Flash Nonfiction

Scattered Bones by Jeri Edwards
Some Brighter Other by Marie Chambers
Closed System by Autumn Stephens
A Single Tree by Don Lyman
Fair by Kathryn Gahl

Interviews

Bill McKibben: “We Don't Require Great Leaders” by David Biddle
Diane Cook: “Life Is Very Precarious” by Mara Araujo
Douglas Cole on Writing by Kelcey Parker

Fiction

Hives by Douglas Cole

First Person

Digital Media and the Wild Imagination by Martha Nichols
The Case of the Disappearing Editor by Martha Nichols

Theme for this Issue

My Yopp into the Void by Devin Donovan
Environmental Amnesia by Peter H. Kahn Jr.
The Gift of Connecting with Animals by Wendy Townsend
Everything I Know About Nature I Learned Indoors by Con Chapman

Why I Write

Finding My Orange by J.p. Lawrence
Why I Sing with the Mockingbird by Carol M. Folsom

Advice

How Not to Become a Writer by Lâle Davidson
How to Win—and Lose—a Literary Competition by Susan Terris

Poetry

Nicole Callihan: Prose Poem by Nicole Callihan
Ellen McGrath Smith: Two Poems by Ellen McGrath Smith
Athena Kildegaard: Three “Still Life” Poems by Athena Kildegaard
Mary Cresswell: Three Ghazals by Mary Cresswell
Randall Horton: Poem by Randall Horton
Yvonne M. Estrada: Two Poems by Yvonne M. Estrada
JP Howard: Two Poems by JP Howard
Meryl Natchez: Poem by Meryl Natchez
Carol Dorf: Two Poems by Carol Dorf
Virtual Nature: The Patterns in Us All by Carol Dorf and Martha Nichols

TW Reading Series

Rachel Carson Was Not Alone by Shealeen A. Meaney
The Land I’ll Never Own by Peter H. Kahn Jr.
Rewiring Our Interior Lives by Douglas Coupland

Columns

Controversial Beauty by Judith A. Ross
You Can’t Make Me Clean by Emily Toth
The Beautiful Answer by Steven Lewis

 

 

Artwork in this Issue

© Reuben RaddingFeatured Artist: Reuben Radding

  • Spring 2015 cover
  • "Controversial Beauty"
  • "You Can't Make Me Clean"
  • "Talking Writing at AWP 2015"
  • "How to Win—and Lose—a Literary Competition"

 

© Keith MoulFeatured Artist: Keith Moul

  • "Environmental Amnesia"
  • "The Beautiful Answer"
  • "Nicole Callihan: Prose Poem"
  • "Meryl Natchez: Poem"

 

© Jess DipierroFeatured Artist: Jess Dipierro

  • "Virtual Nature: The Patterns in Us All" (spotlight essay)
  • "Randall Horton: Poem"
  • "JP Howard: Two Poems"