February 2016
Letter from the Editors
Matthew Olzmann & Gabriel Blackwell
FICTION
William and His Woman Friends
Teresa Carmody
Afraid of the Rain
Meghan Lamb
The Machine Became My Reader
Eric Magnuson
The Doctors and the Very Tender Man
Jessica Newman
EXCERPT
Welcome to Christiania
Fred Leebron
POETRY
Tale
Ghazal
Resolution
Dilruba Ahmed
Malady Unlocks the Door
Desiree Bailey
Corrective Measures
Les Kay
Jesus for Lobsters
Hero, by Which I Mean
Robert Campbell
ILLUSTRATED POEM
Bangles
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Illustrated by Lemon Reimer
NONFICTION
Mr. / Signifier
Tyler Mills
BOOK REVIEWS
Yearling by Lo Kwa Mei-en
reviewed by David Nilsen
Into the Valley by Ruth Galm
reviewed by Ilana Masad
Dodge Rose by Jack Cox
reviewed by Jacob Singer
Calf by Andrea Kleine
reviewed by Jerry McGuire