April 2017
Letter from the Editor
Gabriel Blackwell
FICTION
Easter Sunday
Roberta Allen
The Strangest Man for Hundreds of Miles
Nate Pritts
Multiples of Four
Marie Schutt
Juliet and Brother John
Catherine Gammon
The Condoleezza Rice Fan Club Visits Akron, Ohio
Greg Gerke
A Headachy Day
Zsuzsa Takács
translated by Erika Mihálycsa
POETRY
Mythic
Mechanics of the Negro
Nkosi Nkululeko
A Lesson on Dinggedicht with "Mechanics of the Negro"
Banner
Hazem Fahmy
A Lesson on Erasure with “Banner”
Aubade
Caleb Curtiss
A Lesson on Aubade with "Aubade"
Aftershock
The End of the Road
Martin Ott
A Lesson on Prose Poetry with "The End of the Road" and "Aftershock"
What I Needed to Say to Texas
Andrew Koch
A Lesson on Apostrophe with "What I Needed to Say to Texas"
After the Ascent, Ganymede
Liana Roux
A Lesson on Contemporizing Classics with "After the Ascent, Ganymede"
Physical Education
Lucy Wainger
A Lesson on Poetics of the Body with "Physical Education"
Clearing
John A. Nieves
A Lesson on List Poems with "Clearing"
NONFICTION
The Repairs
Jennifer Militello
Recurring Dog & Rare Thing (9 Years, 13 Dreams)
Helen Betya Rubinstein
BOOK REVIEWS
The Brand New Catastrophe by Mike Scalise
reviewed by David Plick
Güera by Rebecca Gaydos
reviewed by David Nilsen
Imagine Not Drowning by Kelli Allen
reviewed by Layla Azmi Goushey
Receipt by Karen Leona Anderson
reviewed by Michelle McMillan-Holifield
Night Garden by Carrie Mullins
reviewed by Denton Loving
Hot Season by Susan DeFreitas
reviewed by Michael B. Tager